Giovanni Bernini's `` Fountain of the Rivers '', in the center of the piazza, is built around a Roman obelisk from the Circus of Maxentius which rests on grottoes and rocks, with four huge figures, one at each corner, denoting four great rivers from different continents -- the Danube, the Ganges, the Nile, and the Plate.

As you pause in the piazza by the Egyptian obelisk brought from the Temple of Isis, you will admire the Pantheon's impressive Corinthian columns.

The Aberdour obelisk was built by Lord Morton on his departure from the village to relocate to a large home in Edinburgh, it was built so he could see his former hometown from his new house when he looked through binoculars-it stands in a cowfield between the castle and the beach.

Theodosius oversaw the removal in 390 of an Egyptian obelisk from Alexandria to Constantinople.

The obelisk, still recognizably a solar symbol, had been moved from Karnak to Alexandria with what is now the Lateran obelisk by Constantius II ).

* Theodosius I brings an obelisk from Egypt to the Hippodrome of Constantinople.

A mid-18th century etching of the Palazzo del Quirinale by Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The colossal Roman " Horse Tamers " or Dioscuri are in the foreground, but the obelisk from the Mausoleum of Augustus ( erected 1781-1786 ) has not yet been set up between them.

The view from the lower ( western ) end of the Valley contains the great granite monolith El Capitan on the left, and Cathedral Rocks then the pointed obelisk of Sentinel Rock to the south.

The term " obelisk " derives from Greek ( obeliskos ), which means " little obelus "; from ( obelos ) meaning " roasting spit ".

* The obelisk from the Luxor Temple

The Al-Masalla obelisk, the largest surviving monument from Heliopolis

The pineapple-topped obelisk at Holt is one of a pair gateposts from Melton Constable park, the other having been given to the town of Dereham in 1757.

A 14-foot ( 4. 3-m ) marble cenotaph, consisting of an obelisk, topped by a flaming urn and a plaque with a quote from Horace, surrounded by an iron fence, was constructed approximately where Hamilton was believed to have fallen.

View of the Villa from the southwest, showing a Venetian window and an unusual use of chimneys disguised as obelisk s

Today a lead Sphinx designed by the celebrated sculptor John Cheere is positioned on a plinth in this room, together with one of the famous Arundel marbles which originally was inset into the base of an obelisk within the gardens and dates from the 3rd century BC.

The path officially starts in Milngavie town centre ( approx 25 minutes by train from Glasgow Central Station ), where a granite obelisk is located.

Designed by Robert Smirke, there are four bronze plaques cast from cannons captured at the Battle of Waterloo — three of which have pictorial representations of Wellington's career while the fourth has an inscription at the base of the obelisk.

The famous obelisk of Augustus, at that time removed from the ruins of Campus Martius, was described by Bandini in a learned folio volume entitled De Obelisco Augusti.

The tower rises from the centre bay and is square ending with an obelisk spire rising above.

The name Leytonstone — in early documents Leyton-Atte-Stone — may derive from the large stone standing at the junction of Hollybush Hill and New Wanstead ; in the 18th-century an obelisk was mounted on top of it, and it has been claimed that it is the remains of a Roman milestone.

Champollion, in 1822, saw copies of the brief hieroglyphic and Greek inscriptions of the Philae obelisk, on which William John Bankes had tentatively noted the names " Ptolemaios " and " Kleopatra " in both languages.

The central high point of the citadel rises like a giant natural obelisk complete with a military observation post at the top, with a giant cross at its apex ; at the foot of the observatory lies St. George's church, in a classical style punctuated by six Doric columns, as opposed to the Byzantine architectural style of the greater part of Greek Orthodox churches.

The word " obelisk " as used in English today is of Greek rather than Egyptian origin because Herodotus, the Greek traveller, was one of the first classical writers to describe the objects.

In addition to its original meaning ( which also gave the euphemistic diminutive " obelisk ", " little spit "), the word obol ( ὀβολός, obolós, or ὀβελός, obelós ) was retained as a Greek word for coins of small value, still used as such in Modern Greek slang ( όβολα, óvola, " monies ").

The many monstrous statues appear to be unconnected to any rational plan and appear to have been strewn almost randomly about the area, sol per sfogare il Core (" just to set the heart free ") as one inscription on an obelisk says.

Conolly's Folly ( also known as " The Obelisk ") is an obelisk structure.

Many other monuments are centered around the konak: the binjektaš stone (" hopping stone ") which prince Miloš used to jump on a horse, the Museum of the First Serbian Uprising ( in the konak itself ), three public drinking fountains with an additional fourth one with lion's heads which was temporarily moved here, but restored in 1976 and returned to its original location in Terazije, and the stone obelisk erected in 1859, one of the first public monuments in Belgrade.

This one was set up here in 390 A.D. on a pedestal, the faces of which are carved with statues of the emperor and his family watching games in the Hippodrome, done so realistically that the obelisk itself is included in them.

There is a obelisk monument at Arlington National Cemetery where he is buried, located about behind the Lee Mansion.

The largest commemorates the Royal Naval dead of the two world wars ; its central obelisk is by Robert Lorimer and was unveiled in 1924, while the surrounding sunken garden was added by Edward Maufe in 1954.

It is now known as the obelisk of Theodosius and still stands in the Hippodrome, the long racetrack that was the center of Constantinople's public life and scene of political turmoil.

The Monument, an obelisk high, is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

A dagger, or obelisk,, is a typographical symbol or glyph.

The center of the Place is occupied by a giant Egyptian obelisk decorated with hieroglyphics exalting the reign of the pharaoh Ramses II.

The obelisk is flanked on both sides by fountains constructed at the time of its erection on the Place.

It is the most complete Assyrian obelisk yet discovered, and is historically significant because it displays the earliest ancient depiction of an Israelite.

The Washington Monument obelisk is clearly visible in the background.

The obelisk, with ornately detailed foundation stone, is still standing and can be accessed via the car park adjacent to The Telegraph public house, off Wildcroft Road, SW15.

Pylon ( architecture ) | Pylon of the Temple of Luxor with the remaining obelisk ( of two ) in front ( the second is in the Place de la Concorde in Paris ).

It is home to one of the world's largest apple sculptures, which is displayed on top of an obelisk shaped monument.

* Acton Center is the civic center of the town and is the site of the town hall, the main public library, a children's playground, an obelisk monument commemorating Acton deaths in " the Concord Fight " of the Revolutionary War, a fire station, a Congregational church, a arboretum and conservation area, and the former post office.