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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Heliopolis Seti I Piazza del Popolo ObeliskCountry: Italy
NOTE: This site is 2.882 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Rome Nearest Village: Roma
Latitude: 41.910600N Longitude: 12.476330E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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XIII visited on 1st May 2009 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
NorthernerInLondon visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 2 Access: 5
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 3 Access: 4.5
Obelisk from the temple of Heliopolis made under the reign of Seti I. It was brought to Rome by Augustus in 10 BCE and erected on the spina of the Circus Maximus. It is now in the Piazza del Popolo.
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