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07-SEP-2013 Dan Polley © 2013

The Palazzo Montecitorio

Rome, Italy

The Palazzo Montecitorio is a palace in Rome and the seat of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.
The Obelisk of Montecitorio is an ancient Egyptian, red granite obelisk of Psammetichus II (595-589 BC) from Heliopolis. Brought to Rome with the Flaminian obelisk in 10 BC by the Roman Emperor Augustus to be used as the gnomon of the Solarium Augusti, it is now in the Piazza Montecitorio. It is 21.79m high, and 33.97m including the base and the globe.

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