List of obelisks in Rome
Ancient Egyptian obelisks
At least eight obelisks created in antiquity by the Egyptians were taken from Egypt after the Roman conquest and brought to Rome.

List of obelisks in Rome

Section Title: Ancient Egyptian obelisks
Table Section Text: At least eight obelisks created in antiquity by the Egyptians were taken from Egypt after the Roman conquest and brought to Rome.

Image	Height (with base)	Name	Builder	Location	Notes

-	32.18 m (45.70 m)	Lateranense	Tuthmosis III / Tuthmosis IV	Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano 41°53′12.6″N 12°30′17.2″E / 41.886833°N 12.504778°E	Tallest obelisk in Rome, and the largest standing ancient Egyptian obelisk in the world, originally weighing around 455 tons. From the temple of Amun in Karnak, and brought to Alexandria with another obelisk by Constantius II, and brought on its own from there to Rome in 357 to decorate the spina of the Circus Maximus.

-	25.5 m (41 m)	Vaticano	Unknown	Saint Peter's Square 41°54′8.1″N 12°27′26.1″E / 41.902250°N 12.457250°E	The old Basilica of Saint Peter with the obelisk at the left in its original place. Originally raised in the Forum Iulium in Alexandria by the prefect Cornelius Gallus on Augustus's orders around 30–28 BC.

-	24 m (36.50 m)	Flaminio	Seti I / Ramses II	Piazza del Popolo 41°54′38.6″N 12°28′34.8″E / 41.910722°N 12.476333°E	Originally from Heliopolis. Brought to Rome by Augustus in 10 BC with the Solare obelisk and erected on the spina of the Circus Maximus.

-	21.79 m (33.97 m)	Solare	Psammetichus II	Piazza di Montecitorio 41°54′2.5″N 12°28′43.2″E / 41.900694°N 12.478667°E	Originally from Heliopolis. Brought to Rome by Augustus in 10 BC with the Flaminio obelisk to form the gnomon of the Solarium Augusti in the Campus Martius.

-	6.34 m (14.52 m)	Macuteo	Ramses II	Piazza della Rotonda 41°53′57.6″N 12°28′36.3″E / 41.899333°N 12.476750°E	Originally one of a pair at the Temple of Ra in Heliopolis, the other being the now much shorter Matteiano. Moved to the Temple of Isis near Santa Maria sopra Minerva.

-	5.47 m (12.69 m)	Minerveo	Apries	Piazza della Minerva 41°53′52.7″N 12°28′39.2″E / 41.897972°N 12.477556°E	Originally one of a pair from Sais. Brought to Rome by Diocletian for the nearby Temple of Isis.

-	? (6.34 m)	Dogali	Ramses II	Baths of Diocletian 41°54′7.8″N 12°29′50.9″E / 41.902167°N 12.497472°E	Originally one of a pair from Heliopolis, the other now in the Boboli Gardens in Florence. Moved to the Temple of Isis in Rome.

Villa Celimontana Obelisk.JPG	2.68 m (12.23 m)	Matteiano	Ramses II	Villa Celimontana 41°53′0.2″N 12°29′43.2″E / 41.883389°N 12.495333°E	Originally one of a pair at the Temple of Ra in Heliopolis, the other being the Macuteo which retains much more of its original height.

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At 32.18 m (45.70 m including the base) Lateran Palace is the tallest obelisk in Rome, and the largest standing ancient Egyptian obelisk in the world.

final_sentence: At 32.18 m (45.70 m including the base) Lateran Palace is the tallest obelisk in Rome, and the largest standing ancient Egyptian obelisk in the world.