Piazza del Quirinale

For three centuries, Palazzo del Quirinale was summer residence to the popes from the 16th-18th Centuries and later home to the kings of Italy. 

Palazzo del Quirinale is the symbolic home to the Republic of Italy. The Egyptian obelisk at the center of the piazza was originally part of the Temple of Serapis built by Emperor Caracalla in 217 AD. The group of statues surrounding the obelisk is called the Dioscuri, and shows Castor and Pollux guiding horses.

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