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![[Obelisk, wrapped in a protective casing, on its side on rollers, moving along scaffolding from the Circus Nero to its new location at the Piazza of Saint Peter in Rome]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTYvb2JlbGlzay13cmFwcGVkLWluLWEtcHJvdGVjdGl2ZS1jYXNpbmctb24taXRzLXNpZGUtb24tcm9sbGVycy1tb3ZpbmctYWxvbmctMDFlMTkyLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Obelisk, wrapped in a protective casing, on its side on rollers, moving along scaffolding from the Circus Nero to its new location at the Piazza of Saint Peter in Rome]")
![[Scaffolding used for support when lowering obelisk at the Circus Nero prior to its relocation to the Piazza of Saint Peter in Rome]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjUvc2NhZmZvbGRpbmctdXNlZC1mb3Itc3VwcG9ydC13aGVuLWxvd2VyaW5nLW9iZWxpc2stYXQtdGhlLWNpcmN1cy1uZXJvLXByaW9yLWFmZjU2YS02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Scaffolding used for support when lowering obelisk at the Circus Nero prior to its relocation to the Piazza of Saint Peter in Rome]")
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[Overhead view showing path of obelisk during move from the Circus Nero to its new location at the Piazza of Saint Peter in Rome]
Summary
Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590.
Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 133.
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Date
01/01/1590
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Fontana, Domenico, 1543-1607.
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Library of Congress
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