As you enter the east side of the Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II at Piazza Paoli, you will be greeted by two of four Winged Victories. This one is shown holding a bouquet of flowers and a broken chain. These enormous bronze statues of the Roman goddess Victoria pay tribute to the bridge’s namesake, King Victor Emmanuel II. He was victorious in his quest to unify Italy during a political movement called Risorgimento and during the Second Italian Independence War of 1859.
