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According to an inscription Emperor Augustus dedicated the obelisk to the sun in the 11th year of his consulate (10BC), after he had annexed Egypt to Rome. The obelisk is 24 m high. Originally it stood in Heliopolis in Egypt and was dedicated to Pharao Sethos I (1313-1292 BC) and Pharoa Ramses II (1292-1275 BC). Augustus brought the obelisk to the Circus Maximus, where it was discovered in 1587, broken into three pieces. Pope Sixtus V let him be set up on the Piazza del Popolo in 1589.
Nearby Places
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Museo d'Arte Contemporanea
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The Pantheon
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Largo di Torre Argentina
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Temple of Hadrian
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Chiesa del Gesu
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Sant'Ivo della Sapienza
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Santa Maria sopra Minerva
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San Luigi dei Francesi
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Sant'Ignazio
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Sant'Agnese in Agone
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Santa Maria dell'Anima
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Santa Maria della Pace
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Campo de' Fiori
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Piazza Navona
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Piazza Colonna
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Piazza della Minerva'
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Piazza di Sant'Ignazio
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Piazza Montecitorio
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Piazza Pasquino
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Via Giulia
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