Luxury jeweller Bulgari is funding the restoration of the bronze sculptures and marble statues that decorate the Vittoriano monument in the centre of Rome.
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The poignant story of Italy s Unknown Soldier, or Milite Ignoto, who was buried in Rome on 4 November 1921 to symbolise all those who died on battlefields.
Italy s president Sergio Mattarella will attend the annual ceremony at Rome’s Altare della Patria on 4 November to mark National Unity and Armed Forces Day.