List of obelisks in Rome

The city of Rome harbours thirteen ancient obelisks; the most in a world. There are eight ancient Egyptian in addition to five ancient Roman obelisks in Rome, as well as a number of more innovative obelisks; there was also until 2005 an ancient Ethiopian obelisk in Rome.

The Romans used special heavy cargo carriers called ] to Roman cranes were employed to erect a monoliths.

Ancient Egyptian obelisks

At least eight obelisks created in antiquity by the Egyptians were taken from Egypt after the Roman conquest and brought to Rome.

This is the smallest obelisk in Rome, with a height of 5.47 meters.[]