Originally, the obelisk standing in the nearby non-existent hipodrome. Pope Sixtus V moves the Obelisk 275 yards to the center of St Peter's Square, ( AD 1586 ).
Surroundings:
Location:
- VA, Vatican City
- geo:41.902241,12.457323
- Location ± 0-5 m.
Class:
- Relief, votiv stone or altar
- visible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=23467
Annotations
Relevant museums
Rome, Vatican Museums
Rome, Vatican Museums
Ara Pacis Museum
Ara Pacis Museum
Rome, Museo nazionale della civiltà romana
Rome, Museo nazionale della civiltà romana - Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography.
Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
Collection of ancient manuscripts, including papyri, ostraca, and the Peutinger Map
Paris, Louvre
Paris, Louvre
Prefectural Museum of Antiquities (Rouen)
Prefectural Museum of Antiquities (Rouen)
Nearby
Circus Gai et Neronis
Circus Gai et Neronis
Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano
Ad Sanctum Petrum is mentioned on the Peutinger map.
Codex Vaticanus
One of the oldest extant manuscripts of the Greek Bible in Vatican Apostolic Library.