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The iconic Elephant and Obelisk monument in Rome, designed by Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, is seen without the tip of the left tusk on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, after Police found an 11-centimeter (4-inch) marble fragment near the statue over the weekend. (Cecilia Fabiano/Lapresse via AP)

Police on the case: How Rome’s beloved Bernini elephant sculpture lost the tip of its tusk — again

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Journalists attend the press preview of the exhibition "Bernini and the Barberini" at Palazzo Barberini in Rome on Feb. 11, 2026, with the marble statues from The Four Seasons cycle by Pietro Bernini and his son Gian Lorenzo Bernini on display. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Bernini and the pope who promoted him celebrated as Vatican marks 400 years of St. Peter’s Basilica

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