Obelisk of Ramesses II
Piazza della Rotunda, Rome
Just what a baroque fountain needs - its own Ramesside obelisk!
Piazza della Rotunda, Rome
Just what a baroque fountain needs - its own Ramesside obelisk!
Here's the description on Wikipedia, on the List of obelisks in Rome page:
Originally one of a pair at the Temple of Ra in Heliopolis, the other being the now much shorter Matteiano. Moved to the Temple of Isis near Santa Maria sopra Minerva. Found in 1373 near San Macuto and erected east of Santa Maria in Aracoeli on the Capitoline. Moved to the front of the Pantheon by Pope Clement XI in 1711 over a fountain by Filippo Barigioni.
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