The typewriter, the Wedding cake, love it or hate it the monument has its uses as a good lookout point over central Rome. Not a good place to sit down on the steps though as the heavily armed guards may take exception to it. It also houses the tomb of the unknown soldier with its eternal flame and has a great view from the top of the steps down into Piazza Veneto. This piazza was home to Italy's most famous dictator Mussolini, where from his balcony he would address the nation with his impassioned fascist speeches.