The Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II, known also as the typewriter, the wedding cake, or The Monument of the Fatherland is a magnificent marble building that stands in the heart of Rome just outside the Roman Forum. This prominent location was chosen most likely because of this modern building's prominent meaning. It marks the end of World War II and the beginning of the new republican Italy. World War II history is not kind to Italy which, with Mussolini, played a troubled hand in the war. The building was designed in 1885 and contains different elements from different artists, sculptures, and architects all symbolizing different things. On the front steps there is an eternal flame and "tomb of the unknown soldier" which has two armed guards at its side at all times. It is the most recent and modern of all of Romes fantastic monuments but that does not diminish its significance, if anything it enhances it showing that two thousand years later the Romans still have things to remember, work towards, and can become better, continuing to instill that immense pride shared among romans even after a difficult time in their puzzled history.