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Obelisco Flaminio

Obelisco Flaminio is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Monte Salomone stands 778 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Museo Da Vinci, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.

The story

The Flaminio Obelisk (Italian: Obelisco Flaminio) is one of the thirteen ancient obelisks in Rome, Italy, and probably either the most ancient, or second most ancient. It is located in the Flaminio quarter on Piazza del Popolo, and named not just for the quarter, but the Flaminian Way, which began near by. Initially it stood at the Temple of Re, in Heliopolis (now a suburb of Cairo), before being moved to Rome after Caesar Augustus' conquest of Egypt, and previously stood in the Circus Maximus with another ancient Egyptian obelisk, the Campense Obelisk, presently located in Piazza di Monte Citorio, before being moved to its present location by Sixtus V in the 16th Century. It is 24 m (67 ft) high and with the base and the cross reaches 36.50 m (100 ft).

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Wikidata Q568194, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Built
1589
Height
36.5 m

What to expect

Step-free access
No

How to reach it

Coordinates41.91071, 12.47634

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Artworks
Parks
  • Giardini Emiciclo di Nettuno: 0.1 mi
  • Giardini Emiciclo di Nettuno: 0.1 mi
  • Villa Strohl Fern: 0.3 mi
  • Giardino Luigi Bigiarelli: 0.3 mi
  • Giardino Ettore Troilo: 0.3 mi
Attractions
Gardens
Peaks
Waterfalls: 23
  • Cascata fosso Marrana: 5.9 mi
  • Cascata della Mola di Veio: 9.0 mi
  • Cascata del fosso degli Olmetti: 9.2 mi
  • Pisciacavallo: 11.5 mi
  • Mola di Formello: 12.9 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Le Palme: 14.0 mi
  • Bau Beach: 15.5 mi
  • Spiaggia dei gabbiani: 18.2 mi
  • Malibù: 20.3 mi
  • Spiaggia libera: 22.1 mi
Springs: 19
  • Sorgente (non potabile): 14.6 mi
  • Acqua Acetosa: 14.9 mi
  • Fonte Levinosa: 19.6 mi
  • Fonte di Virginio: 20.1 mi
  • Fonte: 20.9 mi
Nature reserves: 17
Picnic sites: 9
  • Lago Bullicante Ex Snia: 3.4 mi
  • Area Picnic 1: 8.9 mi
  • Area Picnic 2: 9.1 mi
  • Area attrezzata Tuscolo: 13.9 mi
  • Le Scampagnate di Sbardella Giuliano: 14.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Rupe Tarpea: 1.4 mi
  • Rupe del Parco Brin: 3.4 mi
  • Rupe sinistra delle Rocce di San Paolo: 3.5 mi
  • Rupe del Lotto 6: 3.5 mi
  • Falesia Ciampino: 9.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Obelisco Flaminio. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monte SalomoneESE 120°778 m15.5 mi
la MontagnolaESE 120°736 m14.8 mi
Monte TuscoloESE 122°670 m14.4 mi
Colle dell'AcquaSE 125°555 m15.2 mi
Colle della Tartaruga (Colle Procolio)SE 125°516 m14.7 mi
Monte RazzanoNNW 342°431 m15.5 mi
Poggio CesiENE 57°416 m15.6 mi
Monte CrescenzioSE 139°379 m13.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:1517:4518:22
June solstice05:3620:0720:50
September equinox06:5818:3319:10
December solstice07:3515:5716:43

Local time (Europe/Rome).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/103363773

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