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Detail of bronze lions holding the Egyptian Obelisk and the Basilica of St. Peter in the background in the Vatican #
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Obelisk is from obeliscus - `in the shape of a spear`. For pagans, the obelisk was a solar symbol that represented a vital flow between heaven and earth, a way of communicating to the divine.As a pagan monument in the greatest Christian square, it is a symbol of humanity reaching out to Christ. Originally inscribed to `Divine Augustus` and `Divine Tiberius` and now dedicated to the Holy Cross - `Christus Vincit, Christus Regnat, Christus Imperat. Christus ab omni malo plebem suam defendat.` It is topped by a bronze cross containing a fragment of the true Cross