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"You cannot miss the enormous white marble monument in front of you. Blinding, tiered, covered in columns and bronze horses, roughly the size of a small mountain. This is the Vittoriano, built to honor Italy's first king and the unification of the country. It cost a fortune, it took about fifty years, and Romans have spent every one of those years making fun of it. They call it the wedding cake."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
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Hear the full story at Piazza Venezia and the Vittoriano
This is just one of 9 stops on the Ancient Rome Greatest Hits tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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