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Obelisco lateranense

Lateran Obelisk . In the center of St. John Lateran is what is now the tallest obelisk erected in the world of Egyptian origin . It ' made of red granite and comes from Thebes. Its current height is over 45 meters , including the cross, and weighs 455 tons. He was made to carry, by order of Emperor Constantine, along the Nile to Alexandria , then the onward transport to Rome was made complete by the son of Constantine, Constantius II . He was placed in the Circus Maximus where he was from twin obelisk now in the Piazza del Popolo. About a century later fell, perhaps as a result of an attack , and only in the sixteenth century by order of Pope Sixtus V , was sought and eventually found under 7 meters of land. It was opened on the current site August 3, 1588 . The fountain is located near the Lateran obelisk , erected in the square by Domenico Fontana in 1588 , and is fed by the Acqua Felice. Begun under Pope Clement VIII (1592-1605) , of which this is the coat of arms Aldobrandini , was continued by Pope Leo XI Doctors ( 1605) , and finally completed by Paul V Borghese ( 1605-1621 ) in 1607.