Rome back to A World of Obelisks Location: Piazza S. Giovanni, Laterano, Rome, Italy Pharaoh: Tuthmosis III (reigned 1504-1450 B.C.) Height: 105.6 feet Weight: 455 tons Story: The so-called Lateran obelisk is the largest standing obelisk in the world.ome back to A World of Obelisks Location: Piazza S. Giovanni, Laterano, Rome, Italy Pharaoh: Tuthmosis III (reigned 1504-1450 B.C.) Height: 105.6 feet Weight: 455 tons Story: The so-called Lateran obelisk is the largest standing obelisk in the world.
The beach scenes filmed in Vera, ITV's crime drama where Brenda Blethyn plays Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope, were shot on location at the Blyth beach, near Blyth in Northumberland, England.
It was filmed on Davant Plantation in South Carolina. The main house where Robert Duvall and Gena Rowlands (Wyly and Georgia King) live was built in the 1820s. A former owner painted the murals on the walls in the 1940s. Screenwriter Callie Khouri intended for the movie to take place in Tennessee. But because Julia Roberts wasnât available until the fall, the filmmakers started looking further south for a location and ended up in South Carolina.