A favourite...

We see a lot of obelisks on this trip. Here and there, symbols of this, and of conquering that... The significance in some cases is quite weighty. However, I wanted to share with you my all-time favourite obelisk. It is in Florence, in the Boboli Gardens.

It's got some fancy hieroglyphs on it and so on. But a closer look reveals what I really love about it.

 

THESE GUYS.

The obelisk is held up by four turtle sculptures, one in each corner. Actually I think this is a copy of the original obelisk/turtle composition elsewhere in Florence. But this is where I saw it. And it delighted me. :-)