Obelisk of Piazza Navona
Obelisco Agonale is an obelisk in Rome, Italy. It is erected above the Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi.- Type: Obelisk
- Description: Roman obelisk in Rome
- Also known as: “Fontana dei quattro fiumi obelisk” and “Obelisco Agonale”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Piazza Navona and Fountain of the Four Rivers.
Piazza Navona
Square
Photo: Paolo Monti, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Piazza Navona is a public open space in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the 1st century AD Stadium of Domitian and follows the form of the open space of the stadium in an elongated oval.
Fountain of the Four Rivers
Photo: Bargioni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi is a fountain in the Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy. It was designed in 1651 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for Pope Innocent X whose family palace, the Palazzo Pamphili, faced onto the piazza as did the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone of which Innocent was the sponsor.
Sant’Agnese in Agone
Church
Photo: NikonZ7II, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sant'Agnese in Agone is a 17th-century Baroque church in Rome, Italy. It faces onto the Piazza Navona, one of the main urban spaces in the historic centre of the city and the site where the Early Christian Saint Agnes was martyred in the ancient Stadium of Domitian.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Rome and Capitoline Hill.
Old Rome
Old Rome is the historic medieval and renaissance center of Rome. While the oldest section of Rome is at the Forum, and the Modern Center has shifted to the Via Veneto, Old Rome remains the city's most charming district, with lovely piazzas and streets to wander and find small cafes and restaurants.
Capitoline Hill
Locality
Photo: Tetraktys, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill, between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. The hill was earlier known as Mons Saturnius, dedicated to the god Saturn.
Modern Centre
Photo: Goldmund100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Modern Centre of Rome, home to the Via Veneto, Quirinale, Castro Pretorio, Repubblica, and Trevi neighbourhoods, is the city's hub of activity, especially shopping and nightlife.
Obelisk of Piazza Navona
- Category: building
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.89896° or 41° 53′ 56″ northLongitude
12.47308° or 12° 28′ 23″ eastOpen location code
8FHJVFXF+H6OpenStreetMap ID
way 525728185OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=obeliskWikidata ID
Q3348561
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Obelisk of Piazza Navona” goes by many names.
- French: “Obélisque de la fontaine des Fleuves”
- French: “Obelisque de la piazza Navona”
- French: “obélisque de la piazza Navona”
- French: “Obélisque de la piazza navona”
- French: “Obélisque de la piazza Navona”
- French: “Obélisque de Piazza Navona”
- German: “Obelisco Agonale”
- Hungarian: “Agonalis-obeliszk”
- Italian: “Obelisco agonale”
- Italian: “Obelisco Agonale”
- Italian: “Obelisco Agonalis”
- Italian: “Obelisco di piazza Navona”
- Italian: “Obelisco di Piazza Navona”
- Spanish: “Obelisco Agonal”
- Spanish: “Obelisco de Domiciano”
- Spanish: “Obelisco de la Plaza Navona”
- Spanish: “Obelisco Pamphili”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gladiator Museum and Embassy of Guatemala to the Holy See.
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