Fountain (Fontana dell’obelisco Lateranense)

Fountain (Fontana dell’obelisco Lateranense) is a fountain in , , . Fountain (Fontana dell’obelisco Lateranense) is situated nearby to , as well as near the church .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lateran Obelisk and Scala Sancta.

Obelisk
The is the largest standing ancient Egyptian obelisk in the world, and it is also the tallest obelisk in . It originally weighed 413 tonnes, but after collapsing and being re-erected 4 metres shorter, now weighs around 300 tonnes.

Church
The are a set of 28 white marble steps located in an edifice on extraterritorial property of the Holy See in , proximate to the Archbasilica of Saint John in Laterano. is situated 180 metres east of Fountain (Fontana dell’obelisco Lateranense).

Church
The stands apart from the , , to which it has become joined by later construction. This baptistery was founded by Pope Sixtus III in 440, perhaps on an earlier structure, for a legend grew up that Constantine the Great had been baptized there and enriched the structure.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colosseo and Esquilino-San Giovanni.

The district is the heart of ancient and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.

Esquilino and San Giovanni are adjacent neighborhoods in . Esquilino is named for the Esquiline hill on which it stands. It lies south of the Termini station and is centred more or less on the Piazza Vittorio Emmanuele II.

Neighborhood
is an urban zone in , Italy. Administratively it was part of both Municipio II and Quarter VI Tiburtino. It occupies roughly the two sides of the early stretch of Via Tiburtina, starting from railway station and ending at the area.

Fountain (Fontana dell’obelisco Lateranense)

Latitude
41.88687° or 41° 53′ 13″ north
Longitude
12.50479° or 12° 30′ 17″ east
Inception
1607
Open location code
8FHJVGP3+PW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4928628771
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­fountain
Wiki­data ID
Q3747378
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From Dutch to Italian—“Fountain (Fontana dell’obelisco Lateranense)” goes by many names.

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Highlights include Museo del Tesoro and Vatican Gendarme Corps at Saint John Lateran.

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