Piazza del Popolo
A suggestive view from the Pincian Hill. This square was designed by
Giuseppe Valadier, he made "Piazza del Popolo" one of the largest
squares in Rome. Piazza del Popolo is one of the most characteristic areas
of Neoclassical Rome. In the centre stands the city's second obelisk This
obelisk dates 1200 BC and was originally erected by the Egyptian pharaoh
Rameses in Heliopolis. Emperor Augustus brought it to Rome and re-rected
it in Circus Maximus. Under pope Sixtus V it was moved here.
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