ca. 594-589 BCE [creation date] ca. 10-9 BCE [date erected] - 1792 [date re-erected]
Type
image
Extent
height: 30-metres
Physical Medium
red granite
Note
Augustus, son of godly emperor Caesar, while he was pontifex maximus, consul and tribune brought -this obelix- from Egypt -a land- he had placed under the power of the Roman People. He dedicated this gift -the obelisk- to the Sun.
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