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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.
Module:Location map/data/Vatican City is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Vatican City. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
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Originally from Heliopolis. map Brought to Rome by Augustus in 10 BC with the Solare obelisk and erected on the spina of the Circus Maximus. map Found with the Lateranense obelisk in 1587 in two pieces and erected by Pope Sixtus V in 1589. Sculptures with lion fountains were added to the base in 1818. Weighs around 235 tons. [2] Solare ...
Fresco of St. Peter's Square, c. 1587, before the dome of the new St. Peter's Basilica or the façade had been built [3]. The open space which lies before the basilica was redesigned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1656 to 1667, under the direction of Pope Alexander VII, as an appropriate forecourt, designed "so that the greatest number of people could see the Pope give his blessing, either from ...
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