Rome - Piazza Venezia

The Piazza Venezia is one of the busiest traffic intersections in Europe, at the meeting of five roads - the Via del Corso, the main street of the city, running northwest to the Piazza del Popolo; Via del Plebiscito, running south-west to St Peter's; the Piazza Aracoeli, leading to the Capitol; the Via dei Fori Imperiali, running south-east to the Imperial fora, The Forum Romanum and Colosseum; and Via Battista, climbing to the Quirinal. The square is dominated by the Palazzo Venezia and the church of San Marco, an early 20th century office building, similar in proportions to the Palazzo Venezia, and the National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II.