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Bronze Pine Cone Vatican. For example, at the ancient roman pigna (italian for pine cone) sculpture shown below, a massive bronze pine cone is flanked by twin antithetical peacocks. Cortille della pigna (left) and hanno the elephant, a gift for pope leo x from king manuel i of portugal (right)

Antique bronze pine cone in the Cortile della Pigna, Vatican Museums
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The metal sculpture was originally part of a fountain dating back to the 2nd century a.d. Vatican city the fontana della pigna or simply pigna (the pine cone) is a former roman fountain which now decorates a vast niche in the wall of the vatican facing the cortile della pigna. The pineal gland has the shape of a pinecone and is located in the brain.

Antique bronze pine cone in the Cortile della Pigna, Vatican Museums

Found near the pantheon, it is thought to have stood in the baths of agrippa. Built by the romans, this 1st century roman bronze sculpture, called the pigna (pine cone), was once an ancient fountain. The base for the pinecone was taken from the baths of septimus severius also dating from the 2nd century a.d. This was way before the catholic church was given the property upon which vatican city sits.