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Obelisk at St. Peter's Square

The Obelisk from Egypt was brought to Rome by Emperor Caligula in 37 AD. It is also a sun dial, wherein the shadows mark noon over the signs of the zodiac in the white marble disks on the pavement.

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Obelisk is from obeliscus - "in the shape of a spear". For pagans, the obelisk was a solar symbol that represented a vital flow between heaven and earth, a way of communicating to the divine.

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St. Peter with his keys to the kingdom of heaven.

St. Peter's Basilica from the River Tiber.

The frescos of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michaelangelo

Relief by Buonvicino at St Peter's Basilica

The School of Athens by Raphael at St Peter's Basilica

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