Vatican Obelisk
by Nigel Fletcher-Jones
Title
Vatican Obelisk
Artist
Nigel Fletcher-Jones
Medium
Photograph - Photograph - Digital Art
Description
The Egyptian obelisk at the center of St. Peter's Square, Rome, was placed there in 1586, though it had been brought to Rome by the Emperor Augustus from Heliopolis, Egypt. Erecting the Aswan red granite obelisk—25.5 metres high—took the efforts of 900 men, 72 horses, and 0 aliens. My photo is of a mural in the Vatican museum, presumably based on the engravings by Natale Bonifacio for (the engineer) Domenico Fontana's 1590 manuscript 'Della Trasportatione dell'Obelisco Vaticano'.
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April 2nd, 2016
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