Fountain (Fontana dell’obelisco Lateranense)
Fountain (Fontana dell’obelisco Lateranense) is a fountain in Municipio Roma I, Rome, Lazio. Fountain (Fontana dell’obelisco Lateranense) is situated nearby to Lateran Obelisk, as well as near the church Lateran Baptistery.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lateran Obelisk and Scala Sancta.
Lateran Obelisk
Obelisk
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The Lateran Obelisk is the largest standing ancient Egyptian obelisk in the world, and it is also the tallest obelisk in Italy. It originally weighed 413 tonnes, but after collapsing and being re-erected 4 metres shorter, now weighs around 300 tonnes.
Scala Sancta
Church
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The Scala Sancta are a set of 28 white marble steps located in an edifice on extraterritorial property of the Holy See in Rome, Italy proximate to the Archbasilica of Saint John in Laterano. Scala Sancta is situated 180 metres east of Fountain (Fontana dell’obelisco Lateranense).
Lateran Baptistery
Church
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The Lateran Baptistery stands apart from the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome, 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.
Colosseo
Photo: Paolostefano1412, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Colosseo district is the heart of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.
Esquilino-San Giovanni
Photo: Cristian Bortes, CC BY 2.0.
Esquilino and San Giovanni are adjacent neighborhoods in Rome. 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.
San Lorenzo
Neighborhood
San Lorenzo is an urban zone in Rome, 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 Termini railway station and ending at the Verano area.
Fountain (Fontana dell’obelisco Lateranense)
- Type: Fountain
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.88687° or 41° 53′ 13″ northLongitude
12.50479° or 12° 30′ 17″ eastInception
1607Open location code
8FHJVGP3+PWOpenStreetMap ID
node 4928628771OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fountainWikidata ID
Q3747378
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Italian—“Fountain (Fontana dell’obelisco Lateranense)” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fontana dell’obelisco Lateranense”
- German: “Brunnen (Fontana dell’obelisco Lateranense)”
- German: “Brunnen des Lateranischen Obelisken”
- Italian: “Fontana dell’obelisco Lateranense”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Museo del Tesoro and Vatican Gendarme Corps at Saint John Lateran.
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