THE OBELISK
was erected by Duke Mattei, but only a very small part of it is Egyptian. The fragment was found in making the present sloping way up to the Capitol, and presented by the magistrates to the duke. It is the only one not re-erected by a pope. It is said that when the architect was directing its elevation, he forgot to take his hand off the pedestal, and that the block was lowered on his hand, which was amputated, the hand being left between the blocks.
At the corner of the grounds, towards the Baths of Caracalla, under a medieval building, is the Fountain of Egeria. (See [page 275].)
Opposite the entrance to the villa is the