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Moving the Vatican Obelisk // Domenico Fontana // Rome, Italy, 1586–1590
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Moving the Vatican Obelisk

Domenico Fontana · Rome, Italy · 1586–1590

According to a medieval legend, the ashes of Julius Caesar lay in the bronze ball at the top of the Vatican obelisk.

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