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Elephant and Obelisk

Elephant and Obelisk
Photo: Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Elephant and Obelisk is a statue of an elephant carrying an obelisk, designed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It was unveiled in 1667 in the Piazza della Minerva in Rome, adjacent to the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, where it stands today.

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