In Rome, there are 13 obelisks that were created in Egypt and then moved to Rome at some point. Some before the birth of Christ.
At first, I wasn't planning on finding them all, but after finding almost half purely by being lost all the time, I figured I might as well collect them all.
The first one was on the first day in Piazza Navona when I got terrifyingly lost.
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| Piazza Navona |
I then found three. One while walking randomly around, the other two when my teacher took the class out for a walk around Rome.
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| Piazza del Quirinale |
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| Piazza di Montecitorio |
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| Piazza della Rotonda In front of the Pantheon |
I found the next two while trying to find the Trevi Fountain. What should have taken 10 minutes tops took an hour and a half.
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| Trinita dei Monti In front of the Spanish Steps |
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| Piazza della Minerva the elephant base was created by Bernini |
Since I found seven in less than 5 days, I decided to go out and search for some.
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| Piazza dell'Esquilino |
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| Piazza del Popolo Just before I got scammed |
The next one I found while showing one of my friends, who had not done much sightseeing, around Rome.
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| Pinician Hill Inside the Villa Borghese Gardens |
The final three was a grand adventure. A friend and I first went inside the Colosseum and then ran around Rome until 10:30 at night. Gets kind of sketchy. Good thing I had a flashlight (thanks Abby!)
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| Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano Tallest obelisk in Rome standing at 150 ft. tall |
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| Villa Celimontana Some old villa in Rome...lots of mosquitoes |
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| Baths of Diocletian with thug Roman teenagers sitting at the base |
And there you have it. Thirteen Egyptian obelisks!
Now what...
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