Piazza del Popolo - obelisc
In 1589, Pope Sixtus V had an Egyptian obelisk moved from the Circus Maximus to the center of piazza del Popolo. The 23,2m/73ft high obelisk was originally built in 1300 B.C. and was taken from the Sun Temple in Heliopolis in 10 B.C. by the Roman Emperor Augustus. The obelisk was erected at the Circus Maximus to commemorate the conquest of Egypt.
