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An Egyptian obelisk in Saint Peter's Square in Vatican City. Composed of red granite, the obelisk is 25.5 m (84 ft) tall, or 41 m (134.5 ft) to the top of the cross. The Emperor Caligula transferred it to Rome in A.D. 37, and it was moved to its current location at the direction of Pope Sixtus V in 1586.
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