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...
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Egyptian obelisks. The list does not include modern or pre-modern pseudo-Egyptian obelisks, such as the numerous Egyptian-style obelisks commissioned by Roman...
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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...
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smallest of the 13 ancient obelisks present in Rome nowadays. Together with pedestal and elephant, the statue stands 12.69 meters tall. The obelisk is considered...
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For Lists of obelisks, see: List of Egyptian obelisks List of modern obelisks List of obelisks in Rome This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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Egyptian obelisk, a landmark of Rome, Italy Arch of Constantine – Ancient Roman triumphal arch, a landmark of Rome, Italy List of obelisks in Rome List of Egyptian...
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a list of all obelisks built after the 16th century. See List of obelisks in Rome, List of Egyptian obelisks for some ancient obelisks. (Listed in date...
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Italy List of obelisks in Rome List of Egyptian obelisks Obelisk of Montecitorio at Wellesley College http://omeka.wellesley.edu/piranesi-rome...
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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...
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Mediterranean to Rome. Today, eight ancient Egyptian obelisks stand in Rome, though not in their original places. The first of the obelisks, the 263-ton Flaminian...
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chipping tool; see the outlined area List of colossal sculpture in situ List of Egyptian obelisks List of largest monoliths in the world Wikimedia Commons has...
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slab of Mausoleum of Theodoric (230 t) Record-holding monoliths in antiquity List of largest monoliths in the world List of obelisks in Rome If in two...
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Piazza della Rotonda (category Piazzas in Rome)
the Obelisco Macuteo after its previous location. List of fountains in Rome List of obelisks in Rome Vasari, Giorgio (1907). Gerard Baldwin Brown (ed.)...
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List of ancient monuments in Rome List of aqueducts in the city of Rome List of obelisks in Rome List of parks and gardens in Rome "topography (1a)". Oxford...
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Insula Monument – List of ancient monuments in Rome, List of monuments of the Roman Forum Nymphaeum Obelisk – List of obelisks in Rome Odeon Roman lighthouse...
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Egyptian Obelisks, The Religious Tract Society, London, 1926, reprinted 1990, p.160-165. Labib Habachi, The Obelisks of Egypt, skyscrapers of the past...
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formerly (until 2005) an ancient Ethiopian obelisk in Rome. The city contains some of obelisks in piazzas, such as in Piazza Navona, St Peter's Square, Piazza...
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by Domitian and placed in the Temple of Isis in the Campus Martius, along with three other obelisks still in Rome: the Obelisk at the Monument to those...
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make Rome a better destination for pilgrimages, and the new streets were intended to permit a better access to the major Basilicas. Old obelisks were...
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the Martyrs) in Rome, Italy. It was built on the site of an earlier temple commissioned by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa during the reign of Augustus (27 BC...
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Forum List of obelisks in Rome & Statues and monuments of patriots on the Janiculum List of monuments in Prizren List of public art in Vilnius List of monuments...
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is a list of the notable fountains in Rome, Italy. Rome has fifty monumental fountains and hundreds of smaller fountains, over 2000 fountains in all,...
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2013. PBS:NOVA:A World of Obelisks-Rome Marchione, Margherita. Yours Is a Precious Witness: Memoirs of Jews and Catholics in Wartime Italy, Paulist Press...
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This is a list of ancient monuments from Republican and Imperial periods in the city of Rome, Italy. Amphitheater of Caligula Amphitheatrum Castrense Amphitheater...
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St. Peter's Square (category Squares in Europe)
Vatican obelisk, retrieved September 4, 2006 The legend of the cry of Bresca Legendary Rome Rome, Nova Online, Mysteries of the Nile, A World of Obelisks: Rome...
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public art in Letterkenny List of public art in Limerick List of public art in Israel List of obelisks in Rome List of public art in Tokyo List of National...
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Colosseum (redirect from Colosseum in Rome)
Colosseo [kolosˈsɛːo]) is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre...
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are more than 930 churches in Rome, which makes it the city with the largest number of churches in the world. Almost all of these are Catholic. Taking...
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nearby Pyramid of Cestius & Obelisks of Rome Pons Cestius Catacombs of Rome List of ancient monuments in Rome "Rome's Mausoleum of Augustus to reopen...
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The seven hills of Rome (Latin: Septem colles/montes Romae, Italian: Sette colli di Roma [ˈsɛtte ˈkɔlli di ˈroːma]) east of the river Tiber form the geographical...
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