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Elephant and Obelisk

Local name: Obelisco della Minerva

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Elephant and Obelisk
Photo: Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Elephant and Obelisk is a sight in Rome. Access is free.

Elephant and Obelisk is a statue of an elephant carrying an obelisk, designed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It was unveiled in 1667 in the Piazza della Minerva in Rome, adjacent to the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, where it stands today.

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