Obelisco del Foro Italico
3 expert reviews
“EUR: Via Cristoforo Colombo at Piazza Guglielmo Marconi and surroundings.”
– Travel + Leisure
"At the foot of the heavily wooded Monte Mario, the Foro Italico is a grandiose Fascist-era sports complex, centred on the Stadio Olimpico, Rome’s 70,000-seat football stadium." Full review
"A marble obelisk, 36m (120ft) high, with the words 'Mussolini Dux' carved on it, greets visitors to the Foro Italico, a sports complex conceived in the late 1920s by architect Enrico Del Debbio." Full review