Obelisk of Montecitorio (Solarium Augusti gnomon)

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ancient Egyptian obelisk cultural heritage monument in Rome gnomon

The Obelisk of Montecitorio, originally an ancient Egyptian monument brought to Rome by Emperor Augustus, served as the gnomon of his giant solar meridian (Solarium Augusti) and now stands as a prominent obelisk in Rome’s Piazza Montecitorio.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Obelisco di Montecitorio	1
Obelisk of Montecitorio (Solarium Augusti gnomon) canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian obelisk ⓘ cultural heritage monument in Rome ⓘ gnomon ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Obelisk of Montecitorio ⓘ surface form: Montecitorio Obelisk Obelisk of Montecitorio ⓘ surface form: Obelisco di Montecitorio Solarium Augusti ⓘ surface form: Solarium Augusti gnomon
associatedStructure	Ara Pacis Augustae ⓘ
broughtToRomeBy	Augustus ⓘ surface form: Emperor Augustus
category	Ancient Egyptian obelisks in Rome ⓘ Obelisks in Rome ⓘ
commissionedBy	Augustus ⓘ surface form: Emperor Augustus
country	Italy ⓘ
culture	ancient Egyptian ⓘ
currentPlacementDate	1789 ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Sol ⓘ
dedicationPeriod	reign of Pharaoh Psamtik II ⓘ
erectedInRomeBy	Augustus ⓘ surface form: Emperor Augustus
fellAndBuried	late antiquity ⓘ
function	solar meridian marker ⓘ timekeeping instrument ⓘ
height	about 21.8 metres (without base) ⓘ
heightWithBase	about 33.97 metres ⓘ
heritageStatus	important archaeological monument of Rome ⓘ
historicalEra	Late Period of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt
inscriptionLanguage	Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
locatedIn	Italy ⓘ Lazio ⓘ Piazza Montecitorio ⓘ Rome ⓘ
material	red granite ⓘ
near	Chamber of Deputies of Italy ⓘ surface form: Italian Chamber of Deputies
orientation	aligned roughly north–south ⓘ
originalFunctionInRome	gnomon of a giant solar meridian ⓘ
originallyFrom	Heliopolis ⓘ Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: ancient Egypt
partOf	Solarium Augusti ⓘ
pharaohMentioned	Apries ⓘ Necho II ⓘ Psamtik II ⓘ
re-erected	1789 ⓘ
re-erectedBy	Pope Pius VI ⓘ
rediscovered	16th century ⓘ
restoredBy	Giovanni Antinori ⓘ
reusedInEra	Roman Empire ⓘ
standsInFrontOf	Palazzo Montecitorio ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
transportedToRome	10 BCE ⓘ
usedAs	gnomon of the Solarium Augusti ⓘ
weight	approximately 230 tonnes ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Campus Martius → contains → Obelisk of Montecitorio (Solarium Augusti gnomon) ⓘ

Obelisk of Augustus → alsoKnownAs → Obelisk of Montecitorio (Solarium Augusti gnomon) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Obelisco di Montecitorio