@hollyr.eth
Framedl 2026-10-14 2/6*
In 1586, Domenico Fontana moved the Vatican obelisk, over 330 tons of granite, with dozens of capstans, hundreds of men and horses heaving in unison. The pope ordered silence on pain of death.
As it rose, the ropes started to smoke. A sailor shouted, 'Acqua alle funi!' They held. He was rewarded, the story goes, with the right for his family to supply Rome's Palm Sunday palms.
Plenty of unctuous voices at that court. The one worth hearing broke the rules.
Shout-out: @sub @ogerpon.eth