Carlitos Lunghi Site

                 The Obelisk of the Pantheon, is  one  of  small, just only 6.34 meters and
                 was erected  by  RAMSES II  in  the  pyramidion  are  two  cartridges  of
                 RAMSES II.
                 Originally one was outside of the Temple of the Sun in Heliopolis.
                 According  to  the  Italian archaeologist  Antonio  Nibby  (1792-1839) this
                 obelisk is an imitation made during  the  period  of  the  Roman  rule  over
                 Egypt.
                 In Rome step to adorn with the obelisk of Villa Celimontana the Iseum  of
                 the Temple of Isis, but it not known who was responsible for the removed
                 to Egypt.
                 In the XVI century it stood in the square of St. Mateos.
                 At the  beginning of 18 century  18, in 1711 by order of Pope Clement XI
                 it was transported to his present location, in  front of the Pantheon, adding
                 itself to the remodeled  fountain  of  the Pantheon, designed  by  Giacomo
                 della Porta, in the square of the Rotonda, causes by some  know it like the
                 Rotonda obelisk.
                 In the top was  decorated  with  a  cross over  a  star, while the base of the
                 obelisk received inscriptions of the papal coat of arms.

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