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Piazza Navona & Bernini's Four Rivers Obelisk Axis

Location
Piazza Navona, Rome
Coordinates
41.8992° N, 12.4731° E
Elevation
18 m
Optimal window
Dusk / Golden Hour (18:00 PM – 19:30 PM)
Sound field
528 Hz

Orientation

Piazza Navona preserves the curved elliptical shape of Domitian's ancient Roman stadium. At its center stands Gian Lorenzo Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers (1651), supporting an ancient Egyptian obelisk crowned with the Dove of Innocent X. The four river gods (Danube, Nile, Ganges, Plate) represent the four cardinal quarters of the earth submitting to cosmic papal divine light.

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