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(Pius VII, Pontifex Maximus, by adding the basin and erecting the fountain, brought to completion the ensemble, which remained to be finished, in the year of our Lord 1818, the 19th of his pontificate.) The 'Quirinale' Obelisk (14.6 m), which stands in Piazza del Quirinale, once stood outside the Mausoleum of Augustus.
The 'Pinciano' Obelisk. The obelisk (9.25 m) on the Pincian Hill (Monte Pincio) was commissioned by the emperor Hadrian (r. 117-138) to mark the death of his young friend and favoured companion Antinous (c. 111-130), who, in the October of 130, drowned in the river Nile under rather mysterious circumstances (accident, suicide, human sacrifice?).
Pope Pius VII ( Italian: Pio VII; born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; [a] 14 August 1742 – 20 August 1823) was head of the Catholic Church from 14 March 1800 to his death in August 1823. He ruled the Papal States from June 1800 to 17 May 1809 and again from 1814 to his death. Chiaramonti was also a monk of the Order of Saint ...
The inscription proclaims: PIVS IIII PONT MAX / PORTAM IN HANC AMPLI / TVDINEM EXTVLIT / VIAM FLAMINIAM / STRAVIT ANNO III (Pius the Fourth, Pontifex Maximus, elevated the gate to its present grandeur, and paved the Via Flaminia, in his third year).
The Tomb of Pope Alexander VII is a sculptural monument designed and partially executed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It is located in the south transept of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City. The piece was commissioned by Pope Alexander VII himself.
Bologna 1788, d. Rome 1868). He had studied in Bologna under the direction of De Maria; in 1813 he came to Rome, like De Fabris, and came to the attention of Canova, the greatest sculptor of the period, who took him into his studio. The statue of St. Paul is 5.55m in height, on a pedestal 4.91m high. It was restored in 1985-86 through the ...
PIVS · VII · PONT · MAX · ANNO · XXII (Beneath bust:) T · MERCANDETTI · MDCCCXXI Bust of the pope, r., wearing zucchetto, mozzetta and stole. Rev.: S · FRANCISCI · SEPVLCRVM · GLORIOSVM In exergue: MDCCCXVIII (and the monogram TM) The tomb of St. Francis of Assisi, a cardinal standing at the right, supervising the opening of the tomb.
