Buried Behind the Elephant in Rome
14th October 2011
A stone elephant with an obelisk on its back stands before the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, renowned as the only Gothic church in Rome. It happens to be the titular church of Cardinal Cormac Muphy-O’Connor. Bernini is to blame for the elephant. The obelisk is Egyptian and is related to the temple of Isis that the church replaced.
October 15th, 2011 at 12:58
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