Why visit / Interesting facts:
- Focal point of modern Rome
- Imposing monument of Italian Unification
Time required: 20 minutes
Public transport:
- Bus nr: 30,40,60
Address: Piazza Venezia, 00186 Rome
Photos: (see more photos)
Photo: Michel27
Things you need to know:
- Piazza Venezia is a large square and transportation hub almost in the 'geometric center' of Rome
- Rome's major avenues meet here: Via del Corso, a Via Quattro Novembre, a Via del Plebiscito
- It takes its name from Palace Venezia (West side) that used to be the embassy of the Republic of Venice
- The square is dominated by the imposing white Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II (South side) built between 1855 and 1911 to celebrate the Italian Unification
- The larger palace on the North end (left of Via del Corso) is Palazzo Bonaparte where Napoleon's mother lived
- In the 1930s, Benito Mussolini used this square to deliver a number of speeches to the Fascist masses filling the whole square and shouting their support to the dictator
What to do there:
- Admire the imposing Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II
