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

An obelisk ( from Greek ὀβελίσκος-obeliskos, diminutive of ὀβελός-obelos, " spit, nail, pointed pillar ") is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape at the top, and is said to resemble a petrified ray of the sun-disk.

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.

* Waterloo Monument: A stone obelisk erected in 1818 by " the ladies of Great Torrington " to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo.

The reflecting pond at Wilson Hall also showcases a hyperbolic obelisk, designed by Dr. Wilson.

He also designed the obelisk in Ripon market place, erected in 1702, at 80 feet in height it was the first large scale obelisk to be erected in Britain.

The garden, featuring a stone obelisk, a landscaped area and benches, was designed by the local council's Green Spaces Team.

It was commissioned in 1783 by the Earl Fitzwilliam as a memorial to the late first Marquess of Rockingham ; it was designed by John Carr, whose first design, for an obelisk, was rejected, in favour of an adaptation of the Roman Cenotaph of the Julii at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, near Arles.

Although more widely known for his activities outside of Ripon, John Aislabie, during his time as Member of Parliament for Ripon, created the Studley Royal Park with its water garden and erected the obelisk ( designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor ).

The piazza, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, is formed principally by two colonnades of free standing columns centred on an Egyptian obelisk.

It was designed like an Egyptian obelisk with three tiers.

On one hill overlooking the gardens there stands an obelisk and King Alfred's Tower, a 50-metre-tall, brick folly designed by Henry Flitcroft in 1772 ; on another hill the temple of Apollo provides a vantage point to survey the magnificent rhododendrons, water, cascades and temples.

The squares of Chatham Square and Albion Place were laid out at the north and south ends of the bridge, respectively, and Mylne also designed the obelisk, which still stands, at St George's Circus, in 1771.

The obelisk in the Old Calton Cemetery in Edinburgh was designed in 1844 by architect Thomas Hamilton ( 1784 – 1858 ) and stands high.

It was designed in 1920 and unveiled in 1923 with four steps which lead to a square plinth and a tapering four-sided obelisk with a flat top.

It is a statue designed by the Baroque era sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini ( and carried out by his pupil Ercole Ferrata in 1667 ) of an elephant as the supporting base for the Egyptian obelisk found in the Dominicans ' garden.

* One of the most prominent architectural features is the large 18th century obelisk designed by Edward Lovett Pearce for the second Viscount Allen ; Pearce resided in Stillorgan in a house known as The Grove, which was demolished to make way for Stillorgan Bowl ( now LeisurePlex ).

Further along the avenue is a Grade II listed obelisk in red sandstone with a copper cap, dated 1890, designed by Douglas & Fordham.

At the next meeting the majority voted that the obelisk designed by Solomon Willard be used.

Fountain in the pedestal of the Lateran obelisk, designed by Fontana

At the northern end of Madison Square, on an island bordered by Broadway, Fifth Avenue and 25th Street, stands an obelisk, designed by James G. Batterson which was erected in 1857 over the tomb of General William Jenkins Worth, who served in the Seminole Wars and the Mexican War, and for whom Fort Worth, Texas was named, as well as Worth Street in lower Manhattan.

The young explorer was mourned widely, and £ 2, 000 was raised after his death of which £ 500 went towards a granite memorial obelisk ( designed by Philip Hardwick and unveiled in 1855 ) in his memory on the Thames riverside in front of Greenwich Hospital ; a nearby Greenwich street, Bellot Street SE10, also carries his name.

In front of this building, Vaccarini designed a fountain, consisting in an obelisk upon the back of the elephant u Liotru ( symbol of Catania ), inspiring to the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili.

In 2006 a new obelisk designed by Hanna Szmalenberg and Marek Moderau was added to the memorial.

In the 1990s an obelisk was added with a statue of Nike and a monument of St George slaying the dragon, both designed by Zurab Tsereteli.