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!!!Saint Peters Square (2)

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Obelisk in Piazza San Pietro (Saint Peters Square) in Rome. It is 25.3 m high and dates from 1835 BC. It was brought from Egypt by the Emperor Caligula for his circus. It was moved to Saint Peters Square by Pope Sixtus V in 1586.