![Giuseppe Mazzini’s vision](https://vive.cultura.gov.it/_cms/sites/default/files/styles/img_blocco_o/public/scheda/Senza%20titolo-4_0002_terrazza1.jpg?itok=9rXkGIV7)
One of the fathers of the Risorgimento imagined a place in Rome that was so high up that it would soar above the vestiges of antiquity and the Christian world
![Giuseppe Sacconi’s project](https://vive.cultura.gov.it/_cms/sites/default/files/styles/img_blocco_o/public/scheda/anteprima.jpg?itok=l-1qFbJa)
The architect from the Marche region translated Giuseppe Mazzini’s dream into an extraordinary panoramic terrace at the top of the Vittoriano
![The competition for the quadrigae](https://vive.cultura.gov.it/_cms/sites/default/files/styles/img_blocco_o/public/scheda/museo.jpg?itok=h8zheRdU)
After a two-stage competition, victory for the commission was handed to Carlo Fontana and Paolo Bartolini
![The 1911 ‘dress rehearsal’](https://vive.cultura.gov.it/_cms/sites/default/files/styles/img_blocco_o/public/scheda/Senza%20titolo-4_0000_terrazza4.jpg?itok=iiV5Nk5y)
Two plaster models of the quadrigae were put in place to evaluate the overall effect
![Quick thinking and problem solving](https://vive.cultura.gov.it/_cms/sites/default/files/styles/img_blocco_o/public/scheda/terrazza_0.jpg?itok=hH5_yQqQ)
The failure of the dress rehearsal prompted a series of countermeasures
![Silhouetted against the Roman sky](https://vive.cultura.gov.it/_cms/sites/default/files/styles/img_blocco_o/public/scheda/anteprima2.jpg?itok=qZQXReDR)
In 1927, the two quadrigae were finally hoisted into position atop the two propylaea
![A spectacle for everyone](https://vive.cultura.gov.it/_cms/sites/default/files/styles/img_blocco_o/public/scheda/anteprima_atto7.jpg?itok=J5TLf077)
Thanks to the addition of two lifts, making it easily accessible, the Panoramic Terrace has become one of Vittoriano monument’s main attractions