Origin of the square's name is uncertain: there is an etymology that derives the "people" from the Latin populus (poplar), based on the tradition that there were, in the area, a grove of poplars relevant to the tomb of Nero, who was there at. And historical information, however, that Pope Paschal II built a chapel near the walls upon which the present church was kind of Santa Maria del Popolo , of the people Madonna was the , became the People's Square.
obelisk Flaminio, named after the ancient Via Flaminia (originating from the adjacent square), is the second oldest in Rome. And 'High 24 meters, but with the base he reaches 34.
The obelisk is of Pharaoh Rames II and was planted in the center of the square by order of Pope Sixtus V. and work Domenico Fontana in 1589 .
E 'surrounded by four lions Egyptianising from which water flows.
(Source Book of mine: Roman Pictures - Quasar Edition)
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