Obeliscos

Hey guys,
Today we had to do go out into the heart of Rome and find the obelisk given to our group. When we found the obelisk we had to read inscriptions on the obelisk and document the setting in which our obelisk was found. My group's obelisks was found on the Quirinale Hill and near the Church, Trinita dei Monti. So from Via A. Algardi we took the 44 into the Piazza de Venezia. From there, we walked all the way to the Piazza del Quirinale. We found the obelisk in the piazza in front of the Presidential Palace where Berlusconi resides. The Quirinale obelisk was brought to Rome from Egypt around the 1st-4th centuries AD. The obelisk decorated the inside of Augustus' Mausoleum. The obelisk was lost in time until it was rediscovered and reconstructed by Pius VI around 1786. The obelisk is now surrounded with a fountain (which Pius VII built in 1818) and two statues of Castor and Pollux (which Sixtus V reconstructed from the baths of Constatine twi centuries before). Furthermore, the Obelisk has been rededicated to Pius VI and Christianity to show Christian triumph over paganism. Over second obelisk required no research to be done. Nevertheless, the  obelisk in front of Trinita dei Monti is similarly imported from Egypt by the Romans. It likewise was ruined by time only to be reconstructed by Pius VI. Here are some fotos for you guys to enjoy:

Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II

Foro Traiano

Colonna Traiana

The tip of the obelisk on the Quirinale

Dedication of the Dioscuri Fountain

The obelisk, the statues of Castor and Pollux, and  the Fountain

The Cross on the Obelisk. Christianity's victory over paganism

Better view of the Fountain Dioscuri 

The Presidential Palace

The Dedication telling of the obelisks life from Egypt to its reconstruction by Pius VI

The obelisk praising Christianity

Dedication to Pius VI for the obelisk at Trinita dei Monti

Obelisk at Trinita dei Monti...the hieroglyphics are Roman not Egyptian

Roma from Trinita dei Monti

Inside Trinita dei Monti

Lucretia the sister of Pope Julius II lies in peace inside the church of Trinita dei Monti

Here lies Benedict XII at the foot of Trinita dei Monti

Via Condotti from Trinita dei Monti

Trinita dei Monti

Piazza Colonna