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The city of Rome harbours thirteen ancient obelisks, the most in the world.There are eight ancient Egyptian and five ancient Roman obelisks in Rome, together with a number of more modern obelisks; there was also until 2005 an ancient Ethiopian obelisk in Rome.
The Obelisk of Montecitorio (Italian: Obelisco di Montecitorio), also known as Solare, is an ancient Egyptian, red granite obelisk of Psamtik II (595–589 BC) from Heliopolis. Brought to Rome with the Flaminio Obelisk in 10 BC by the Roman Emperor Augustus to be used as the gnomon of the Solarium Augusti, it is now in the Piazza Montecitorio ...
The obelisk and its base contain a number of inscriptions. Two ancient inscriptions at the base of the shaft describe its original dedication in Rome, four inscriptions on the pedestal composed by Cardinal Silvio Antoniano describe its rededication in 1586, and lower down, in smaller script, is an acknowledgement of Domenico Fontana's role in the moving of the obelisk.
The Lateran Obelisk is the largest standing ancient Egyptian obelisk in the world, and it is also the tallest obelisk in Italy. It originally weighed 413 tonnes (455 short tons), but after collapsing and being re-erected 4 metres (13 ft) shorter, now weighs around 300 tonnes (330 short tons). [ 1 ]
At 32.18 m (45.70 m including the base) it is the tallest obelisk in Rome and the largest standing ancient Egyptian obelisk in the world, weighing over 230 tons. Following the annexation of Egypt to the Empire, it was taken from the temple of Amun in Karnak [Notes 2] and brought to Alexandria with another obelisk by Constantius II.
Obelisks of the World; Obelisks of Rome (series of articles in Platner's A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome 1929) History of the obelisk of Arles (in French) Octavo Edition of Domenico Fontana's book depicting how he erected the Vatican obelisk in 1586. National Geographic: "Researchers Lift Obelisk With Kite to Test Theory on Ancient ...
The Flaminio Obelisk (Italian: Obelisco Flaminio) is one of the thirteen ancient obelisks in Rome, Italy. It is located in the Flaminio quarter on Piazza del Popolo . It is 24 m (67 ft) high and with the base and the cross reaches 36.50 m (100 ft).
The obelisk, known as the Flaminio Obelisk or the Popolo Obelisk, is the second-oldest and one of the tallest obelisks in Rome (some 24 m high, or 36 m including its plinth). The obelisk was brought to Rome in 1 BC by order of Augustus and originally set up in the Circus Maximus.