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Elephant and Obelisk (Piazza della Minerva)

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Elephant and Obelisk (Piazza della Minerva)

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Elephant and Obelisk (Piazza della Minerva)

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    April 24, 2024

    This small obelisk is made of red granite and measures about 5 and a half meters high. Its sides are decorated with a single column of inscriptions. It is not known how and when it was transported from Egypt, but the truth is that in Rome it was placed near the temple of Isis. He fell and was buried until 1665, when he was accidentally found by some Dominican friars who were laying the foundations of a wall that surrounded the garden of their church.

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      April 23, 2024

      Obelisk was there Basilica Santa Maria sopra Minerva

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        September 15, 2024

        Left behind the Pantheon

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          Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy

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