Piazza della Minerva & Santa Maria Sopra Minerva Basilica
Minerveo Ancient Egyptian obelisk was built by Apries a pharaoh of Egypt (589 BC – 570 BC), the fourth king (counting from Psamtik I) of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt.
  
Originally one of a pair from Sais. Brought to Rome by Diocletian in late 3rd century for the nearby Temple of Isis. Found in 1655 and erected in 1667 by Pope Alexander VII on an Elephant base by Bernini, behind the Pantheon in Piazza della Minerva. The other of the pair is in Urbino. This is the smallest obelisk in Rome, with a height of 5.47 meters.
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