(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 18 - Baroque master Gian Lorenzo Bernini's iconic statue of an elephant in the centre of Rome was damaged Monday night, art officials said Tuesday. Elephant and Obelisk was unveiled ...

Italy's culture minister called the incident "an absurd act of barbarity." The marble Elephant of the Obelisk of Santa Maria sopra Minerva by Bernini outside the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva.

ROME, Feb 18 (Reuters) - A marble elephant designed by Baroque master Gian Lorenzo Bernini has been damaged, with its left tusk found snapped off and lying at the base of the monument in the heart of ...

Pope Alexander VII commissioned the elephant sculpture to support an ancient Egyptian obelisk. Alvesgaspar via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 The tip of a beloved elephant statue’s tusk has ...