STC255699 The device invented by Nicola Zabaglia in 1748 for lifting the Obelisk in the Campus Martius which was 14 hands beneath ground (engraving) by Balzar, G. (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nicola Zabaglia (1664-1750) master mason and engineer; The Obelisk of Montecitorio is an ancient Egyptian red granite obelisk of Psammetichus II (595-589 BC) from Heliopolis, brought to Rome in 10 BC by the Roman Emperor Augustus to be used as the gnomon of the Solarium Augusti; Parts of the meridian were raised in 1748 during the pontificate of Benedict XIV; it now stands in the Piazza Montecitorio; Campo Marzio;); The Stapleton Collection; Italian, out of copyright.