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Elefantino e Obelisco della Minerva
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Pulcino della Minerva - a statue of an elephant designed by Bernini (carried out by Ercole Ferrata in 1667), as a base for the Egyptian obelisk, the shortest of the eleven Egyptian obelisks in Rome.
Anne vdBApril 29, 2014The obelisk, found in the Iseum here, was erected on an elephant by Bernini, as an emblem of the wisdom of pope Alexander VII Chigi. In the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, an elephant carries an obelisk.
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Elefantino e Obelisco della Minerva
Piazza della Minerva
00186 Roma Lazio
Italia
00186 Roma Lazio
Italia
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