Obelisk and Fountain, Piazza della Rotunda: Overall view, obelisk with fountain base

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posted on 2017-07-03, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie

Obelisk created under reign of Ramses II (1279 BCE to 1213 BCE). 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.

History

Alt Title

Macuteo [Obelisk]

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-07-03

Spatial Coverage

+41.899333+12.47675|Rome, Lazio, Italy: Piazza della Rotunda, in front of the Pantheon|Rome

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

Baroque

Rights Statement

To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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Fountains Obelisks

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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