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Deutsch: Niederlegung des Vatikan-Obelisken durch Domenico Fontana 1586, der ihn an seinem heutigen Standort auf dem Petersplatz wiederaufrichtete.
English: Lowering of the Vatican Obelisk by Domenico Fontana in 1586, in order to relocate it to its current location on Saint Peter's Square.
Date
Source Lynne Lancaster, "Building Trajan's Column", American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 103, No. 3. (Jul., 1999), pp. 419-439 (429, Fig. 7)
Author
Domenico Fontana  (1543–1607)  wikidata:Q336806 s:en:Author:Domenico Fontana
 
Domenico Fontana
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Dom. Fontana
Description architect, painter, sculptor, urban planner and engineer
Date of birth/death 1543 Edit this at Wikidata 1607 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Melide Edit this at Wikidata Naples Edit this at Wikidata
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Rome (1563) Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q336806

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