Elephant and Obelisk
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| Address : | Piazza della Minerva, 69, 00186 Roma RM, Italy |
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| City : | Roma |
| Description : | Landmark sculpture created in 1667, depicting an obelisk & an ornate marble elephant. |
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Steve Thomson on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Elephants are great. Obelisks are too. But this is probably the best elephant and obelisk you will see together in your lifetime. Do not miss.
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Mowaffaq Tahir - nutrition expert on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Lovely place, the obelisk and the area around. I wanted to paint the elephant with red painting and write beside it (The Red Elephant) who's know then it will be a great advertising for my company :)) but unfortunately my wife is refused :(
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Alexandru-Iulian Ghiorghe on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ If you are on the way to the Pantheon, it is easy to see, it is worth taking a look and taking a picture of it. But if you're not in the area, better not. It is not worth living just for him. It is an Egyptian Obelisk in a charming market, but only that. ???
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Joshua Salas on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva is very beautiful. If I am not wrong it was built on the temple dedicated to the goddess Minerva. In this church you will find the statue of Christ depicted as he is resurrected and his hold the cross, staff and a rope in his hand, which was made by Michael angelo. It's a church worth visiting.
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Allen Parsons on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Definitely worth a look. Odd bit of history behind this fascinating sculpture, which decorates a small and plain piazza in front of Basilica S. Maria sopra Minerva. Story says the artist Bernini wanted for decades to use this theme (elephant with small Egyptian obelisk, found on the site, riding on its back) and finally got his chance. Another story says Bernini wanted the rear end of the elephant mooning the building behind, where Gallileo was made to recant.
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Blaec von Kalweit on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Bernini’s Elephant and Obelisk is a beautiful marble sculpture just down the street from the Pantheon. It houses one of the smaller Egyptian obelisks in Rome, but that doesn’t diminish its captivating beauty. Get up close and examine the multiple colors of the elephant and it’s fixtures. On the weekends you can usually catch excellent street performers (violin, etc.) who set up near the sculpture.
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Dijana on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The obelisk (found in the garden of the monastery of Santa Maria sopra Minerva) with the cross on the top and Bernini's elephant - all together. A little bit strange combination but who cares, the elephant is very cute.
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Aaron Ochse on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Beautiful Egyptian obelisk in an elephant sculpture by Bernini. Right near the Pantheon.
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