Category:Bronze globe from the Vatican obelisk (MC 1065)
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| Depicts | Julius Caesar | ||||
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| Location | Capitoline Museums, Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy | ||||
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Ancient bronze globe and spike removed from the top of the Vatican obelisk when the obelisk was moved to the Piazza S. Pietro in 1587. Presented to the city by Sixtus V, it was placed first on the Marforio fountain on the Capitoline, then moved in 1692 to the balustrade of the Piazza del Campidoglio. In 1848 it was brought into the Palazzo dei Conservatori. A popular medieval tradition held that it contained the ashes of Julius Caesar or Trajan.
Media in category "Bronze globe from the Vatican obelisk (MC 1065)"
The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total.
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Bronze globe and spike from the top of the Vatican obelisk (Rome, Mus Cap 1065).jpg 2,304 × 3,072; 3.15 MB
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Globo dall'obelisco vaticano (considerato urna di giulio cesare), 1-50 dc ca..jpg 1,578 × 3,588; 4.72 MB
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Globo dell'obelisco vaticano, 1-50 dc ca. (musei capitolini).jpg 2,320 × 4,584; 5.24 MB
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Obeliskenspitze Musei Capitolini.jpg 1,536 × 2,048; 1.64 MB
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