echiromani:DogaliAn authentic Egyptian obelisk, Dogali is one of a pair from Heliopolis; the other i
echiromani:DogaliAn authentic Egyptian obelisk, Dogali is one of a pair from Heliopolis; the other is now in the Boboli Gardens in Florence. It was exported to ancient Rome to decorate the Temple of Isis in the Campus Martius. It was not until 1883 that it was discovered near the Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva. It now commemorates the Battle of Dogali, in which the Italians clashed with the Ethiopians (with an Ethiopian victory, 1887). Originally in front of the Termini Station, it was moved to its present site in 1924. -- source link