Vatican Obelisk

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ancient Egyptian monument granite monolith obelisk

The Vatican Obelisk is an ancient Egyptian granite obelisk now standing at the center of St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City, serving as a prominent historical and religious landmark.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Vatican Obelisk canonical	2
“Della trasportatione dell’obelisco Vaticano”	2
Obelisk of Caligula	1
St. Peter’s Square Obelisk	1
Vatican Obelisk in St. Peter’s Square	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian monument ⓘ granite monolith ⓘ obelisk ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Vatican Obelisk ⓘ surface form: Obelisk of Caligula Vatican Obelisk ⓘ surface form: St. Peter’s Square Obelisk
associatedWith	Circus of Nero ⓘ Domenico Fontana ⓘ Sixtus V ⓘ surface form: Pope Sixtus V St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ surface form: St. Peter’s Basilica
axisOf	longitudinal axis of St. Peter’s Square ⓘ
broughtToRomeBy	Caligula ⓘ surface form: Emperor Caligula
builtIn	New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
city	Vatican City ⓘ
constructionPeriod	likely 13th century BCE ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
coordinateLocation	41.9022°N 12.4573°E ⓘ
country	Vatican City ⓘ
culture	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt
currentFunction	Catholic religious symbol ⓘ central monument of St. Peter’s Square ⓘ historical landmark ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Augustus ⓘ surface form: Emperor Augustus
hasBaseShape	square pedestal ⓘ
hasFeature	bronze cross at the top ⓘ bronze lions at the base corners ⓘ inscriptions in Latin on the base ⓘ no original hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ
hasUse	gnomon for a meridian line in the square ⓘ
height	about 25.5 metres ⓘ
heightWithBase	about 40 metres ⓘ
heritageStatus	major monument of Vatican City ⓘ
locatedIn	Rome ⓘ St. Peter's Square ⓘ surface form: St. Peter’s Square Vatican City ⓘ
location	St. Peter's Square ⓘ surface form: St. Peter’s Square
material	granite ⓘ red granite ⓘ
monumentType	monolithic obelisk ⓘ
origin	Heliopolis ⓘ surface form: Heliopolis, Egypt
originalLocation	spina of the Circus of Nero ⓘ
partOf	architectural ensemble of St. Peter’s Square ⓘ
region	Lazio ⓘ
religiousSignificance	symbol of triumph of Christianity over paganism ⓘ
relocatedBy	Sixtus V ⓘ surface form: Pope Sixtus V
relocationDate	1586 ⓘ
relocationEngineer	Domenico Fontana ⓘ
topDecoration	cross containing a relic of the True Cross ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
transportedToRomeIn	1st century CE ⓘ
weight	about 326 tonnes ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

St. Peter's Square → hasPart → Vatican Obelisk ⓘ

Domenico Fontana → notableWork → Vatican Obelisk ⓘ

this entity surface form: “Della trasportatione dell’obelisco Vaticano”

Domenico Fontana → authorOf → Vatican Obelisk ⓘ

this entity surface form: “Della trasportatione dell’obelisco Vaticano”

Maderno Fountain → hasNearbyStructure → Vatican Obelisk ⓘ

Vatican Obelisk → alsoKnownAs → Vatican Obelisk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Obelisk of Caligula

Vatican Obelisk → alsoKnownAs → Vatican Obelisk ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Peter’s Square Obelisk

Bernini’s colonnades → hasViewOf → Vatican Obelisk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vatican Obelisk in St. Peter’s Square