Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II (Vittoriano) August 4, 2018 1000 × 667 All Roads Lead to Rome? Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II (Vittoriano). The Altare della Patria, also known as the Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II or Il Vittoriano, is a monument built in honor of Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy