Architecture

Minerva Obelisk, southeast elevation

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Obelisco della Minerva [Italian]
Minerva Obelisk, southeast elevation

Architecture

structure overview
Minerva Obelisk

Architecture: Minerva Obelisk

full/alternative names
Elephant and Obelisk
built
about 580 BCE
1667
culture
Italian, Ancient Egyptian
style/period
Baroque
work type by function
statue
work type form/concept
obelisk
material
granite
architect
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
artist
Ercole Ferrata

Specifications

Specifications: Minerva Obelisk

height
12.7 m

Geography

Europe » Southern Europe » Italy » Lazio » Metropolitan City of Rome Capital » Rome » Municipio Roma I » Pigna
local language location name
Roma, Italia [Italian]
historical affiliations
Papal States
1667-1809
French Empire
1806-1814
Papal States
1814-1870

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
type
cultural
criteria
I, II, III, IV, VI
designation
extension
reference
91ter

Image characteristics

maximum image resolution
3,307 × 5,510  pixel
28.0 × 46.7 cm (300 dpi)
capture date
image processing
merged image, retouched, colour corrected
copyrights
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