Obelisque du Cirque de Salustius; Engraved by Pietro Fontana (1762-1837); from 'Recueil des vues au bister dessinees et lavees par Callimachus, Souvenirs d'antiquites et curiosites de Rome et des environs, Deblayements et reparations du Pape Pie VII'; Pope Pius VII (1742-1823) Papacy (1800-23) Count Barnaba Niccolo Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; A Roman copy of an Egyptian obelisk; Formerly stood in the Gardens of Sallust; Erected here in the Piazza della Trinita dei Monti by Pius VI in 1788; The church of the Trinita dei Monti (on the right) has a Baroque facade by Carlo Maderno (1556-1629); Beyond is the Villa Medici, built late 16th century;