Photo Rome. Fountain of Four Rivers by Nadezda Koldysheva

Special attention should be paid to the existing downtown obelisks. This is a persistent witness to historical metamorphosis, and some of them just five times older than the "Eternal City". In those days, when Rome was the center of the world, and the emperors erected for a huge circus spectacle, especially brought from Egypt, marble obelisk put up in the middle of the arena - that was around then hold chariot races. They were later transferred to the square before the temple - to the glory of the Roman conquest, or in honor of the emperors.
A similar monolith of red granite, which grows out of the Four Rivers fountain in Piazza Navona, was made in imitation of the Egyptian obelisk in 1. BC for the temple of Isis in the Campo Marzio. In 309, Emperor Maxentius took him to the circus on the Appian Way. Obelisk and lay split into five parts to the circus, until in 1649 Pope Innocent X Pamphili not made it the center of the fountain, adorned the top of steles bronze dove with an olive branch in its beak, appearing in arms at home Pamphili.

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Fri 26 Nov 2010 10:10

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digital camera Canon EOS 20D

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Vladimir Dudarev #1 Fri 26 Nov 2010 10:54

Красиво и почитал с удовольствием !

Joaquim Simoes #2 Fri 26 Nov 2010 14:08

I love Rome!!!! I worked there several times... it was fantastic!!!! What a city!!!!
Great Photo, Nada!!! Great atmosphere!!!
BEAUTIFUL!!!!
My congratulations
jose