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English:
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Dispositione e veduta generale delle machine che servirono per alzare l'obelisco Vaticano
(translation: Positioning and overview of the machines that will erect the Vatican obelisk).
In 1586, Domenico Fontana erected an Obelisk on Peter's Square in Rome. It took a concerted effort of 900 men and 75 horses and countless pulleys to erect this monument.
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Dispositione e veduta generale delle machine che servirono per alzare l'obelisco Vaticano
(deutsch: Aufstellung und allgemeiner Überblick der Maschinen, die verwendet werden, um den vatikanischen Obelisken aufzurichten).
1586 richtete Domenico Fontana den Obelisk auf dem Peterplatz in Rom auf. Es bedurfte der Zusammenarbeit von 900 Männern, 75 Pferden und unzähliger Flaschenzüge um das Monument aufzurichten. |
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| Source | http://saintpetersbasilica.org/Exterior/Obelisk/Obelisk-erect-engrav-fsp.jpg from: Castelli, e ponti/ di maestro/ Niccola Zabaglia/ con alcune ingegnose pratiche,/ e con/ la descrizione del trasporto/ dell'obelisco vaticano,/ e di altri/ del cavaliere/ Domenico Fontana./ In Roma, MDCCXLIII./ Nella stamperia di Niccolò, e Marco Pagliarini/ mercanti librari, e stampatori a Pasquino./ Con licenza de' superiori. [con 54 tavole incise in rame, di cui 4 a doppia pagina, disegnate ed incise da diversi artisti: François Philothée Duflos (incisore), Carlo Fontana (disegnatore), Pietro Leone Ghezzi (disegnatore), Nicola Gutierrez (incisore), Francesco Mazzoni (incisore), Girolamo Rossi (incisore), Francesco Rostagni (disegnatore), Martin Schedel (incisore), Miguel de Sorello (incisore), Alessandro Specchi (incisore), Giuseppe Vasi (incisore).] |
| Author | Niccola Zabaglia (1664-1750) |
| Other versions | http://www.dreweatts.com/cms/pages/lot/36096/200 |
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