 'St Peter's Needle' Rome is home to more obelisks than any other city, a grand total of eighteen, including the world's largest. The total breaks down into eight ancient Egyptian obelisks, five ancient Roman obelisks and five modern (19th & 20th century) obelisks. The ancient Egyptian obelisks:  The 'Lateran' Obelisk  The 'Macuteo' Obelisk  The 'Matteiano' Obelisk  The 'Flaminio' Obelisk  The 'Solare' Obelisk  The 'Minerveo' Obelisk  The 'Vatican' Obelisk  The 'Dogali' Obelisk The ancient Roman obelisks:  The 'Quirinale' Obelisk  The 'Esquiline' Obelisk  The 'Agonalis' Obelisk  The 'Sallustiano' Obelisk  The 'Pinciano' Obelisk The modern obelisks: Villa Medici: 19th century copy of an obelisk dating back to the reign of Ramsses II (r. 1279-1213 BCE), which now stands in the Boboli Garden, Florence. Villa Torlonia: Two obelisks created in 1842. Foro Italico: Obelisk created from Cararra marble and dedicated to Benito Mussolini in 1932. EUR: In Piazza Guglielmo Marconi stands an obelisk (1959) dedicated to the Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), which was erected for the summer Olympics of 1960. Comments are closed.
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My name is David Lown and I am an art historian from Cambridge, England. Since 2001 I have lived in Italy, where I run private and
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