The Italian Capital

Rome was hectic, hot, lots of noise and traffic, photography was difficult, I had to do most of it from the top of a sightseeing bus and I lost my nice new Firenze baseball cap, sigh. The pure white marble building shown at the end of the street is the side view of the National Monument of Victor Emmanuel ll, the first king of a unified Italy. It is also known as Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland).