Dome

Overall view in the center of the Giardino di Sant'Andrea al Quirinale (Quirinale Gardens); Charles Albert (Carlo Alberto Amedeo; 2 October 1798- 28 July 1849) was the King of Piedmont-Sardinia from 1831 to 1849. He abdicated after his forces were defeated by the Imperial Austrian army at the Battle of Novara (1849), and died in exile soon thereafter. The statue was dedicated on March 14, 1900 in the center of Quirinale Gardens in Rome near the Presidential Palace (Palazzo del Quirinale). The base is decorated with relief sculpture. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/10/2014)