Show I Monument to Champion Swapper of This Age j jRomes Romes Rome's monument to Victor I Emmanuel II king of Italy from 1861 to 1878 is the costliest memorial memorial memo memo- memorial rial of its kind in the world says Colliers Built of white marble and embellished with numerous sculptured groups and as aswell aswell well wen as s a great equestrian statue of the king this massive structure occupies almost a square block It is as high as an story 18 building cost and was under construction for or 26 years before before before be be- fore its dedication in 1911 |