Bernini designed this elephant to carry the obelisk of the Santa Maria Sopra Minerva on Piazza della Minerva Rome

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Bernini designed this weird little elephant to carry the obelisk of the Santa Maria Sopra Minerva on Piazza della Minerva Rome Italy

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Size: 4736px × 3552px
Location: Piazza della Minerva, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Photo credit: © Lourens Smak / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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