The Basilica Of St John Lateran In Rome Italy. On The Square In Front Of The Lateran Palace Is The Largest Standing Obelisk In The World, Known As The Lateran Obelisk. It Weighs An Estimated 455 Tons. It Was Commissioned By The Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose Iii And Erected By Thutmose Iv Before The Great Karnak Temple Of Thebes, Egypt. Constantius Ii Had It Shipped Instead To Rome, Where It Was Erected In The Circus Maximus In Ad 357. At Some Time It Broke And Was Buried Under The Circus. In The 16Th Century It Was Discovered And Excavated, And Sixtus V Had It Re-Erected On A New Pedestal On 3 August 1588 At Its Present Site.

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