List of modern obelisks

This is a list of obelisks built after the 16th century. See List of obelisks in Rome, List of Egyptian obelisks for some ancient obelisks.

Modern obelisks

(Listed in date order)

=17th century=

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m ! ft
Fontaine des Quatre Dauphins	100px	Aix-en-Provence	France	align=center\|1667	{{coord\|43\|31\|35\|N\|5\|26\|44\|E\|type:landmark_region:FR\|display=inline\|format=dms}}

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Fontaine des
Quatre Dauphins

100px

Aix-en-Provence

France

align=center|1667

{{coord|43|31|35|N|5|26|44|E|type:landmark_region:FR|display=inline|format=dms}}

=18th century=

rowspan=2\| Obelisk name ! rowspan=2 class="unsortable"\| Image ! rowspan=2\| Location ! rowspan=2\| Country ! colspan=2\| Elevation ! rowspan=2\| Completed ! rowspan=2\| Coordinates ! rowspan=2\| Notes
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m ! ft
Market Square obelisk	100px	Ripon	United Kingdom	{{convert\|80\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\| 1702	{{coord\|54.136340
1.523736\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	The first large scale obelisk in Britain.{{cite book\|last=Barnes\|first=Richard \|title=The Obelisk: A Monumental Feature in Britain\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3e0WAQAAIAAJ\|year=2004\|publisher=Frontier\|isbn=978-1-872914-28-2 \|page=18}}
Stillorgan Obelisk	100px	Stillorgan, Dublin	Ireland	{{convert\|100\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\| 1727	{{coord\|53.286663
6.181317\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
St. Bartholomäi Church	100px	Dessau-Roßlau	Germany	{{convert\|138\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\|1722–25. Spire by Carlo Ignazio Pozzi	{{coord\|51.839785\|12.273856\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	height of obelisk: 18 metres
St Luke Church	100px	London	United Kingdom			align=center\|circa 1727–33. Spire by Nicholas Hawksmoor	{{coord\|51.525212
0.094223\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
Queen Anne Obelisk	100px	Wentworth Castle, Yorkshire	England			align=center\|1734	{{coord\|53.521898
1.500927\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	Designed by James Gibbs for Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
Boyne Obelisk	100px	Oldbridge, County Louth	Ireland	{{convert\|53\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1736	{{coord\|53.725372
6.416718\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	Erected to commemorate William of Orange's victory at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, and was the tallest obelisk in Europe at the time of its construction. It was destroyed in 1923, with only the base remaining in place.
Queen Square Obelisk	100px	Bath	United Kingdom	{{convert\|15\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\| 1738	{{coord\|51.383419
2.363585\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
Conolly's Folly	100px	Leixlip, County Kildare	Ireland	{{convert\|140\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\| 1740	{{coord\|53.369412
6.559868\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
Killiney Hill Obelisk	100px	Killiney, County Dublin	Ireland			align=center\| 1742	{{coord\|53.265569
6.111837\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
Mamhead obelisk	100px	Mamhead	United Kingdom	{{convert\|100\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\| 1742–1745	{{coord\|50.616542
3.520563\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	An aid to shipping.Fewins, Clive, [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19970119/ai_n9643803 And so to the tower, via the medieval treacle mines] {{dead link\|date=May 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }} in The Independent dated 19 January 1997, at findarticles.com, accessed 19 July 2008
Umberslade Obelisk	100px	Umberslade Hall, Nuthurst, Warwickshire	United Kingdom	{{convert\|70\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\|1749	{{coord\|52.342306
1.787969\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
General Wolfe's Obelisk	100px	Stowe School, Buckinghamshire	United Kingdom			align=center\| 1754	{{coord\|52.042261
1.017686\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
Montreal Park Obelisk		Riverhead, Sevenoaks, Kent	United Kingdom			align=center\|1761	{{coord\|51.274666\|0.166262\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	Lord Jeffery Amherst's Obelisk.{{cite web \|url=http://risk.english-heritage.org.uk/default.aspx?id=1132&rt=1&pn=93&st=a&ctype=all&crit= \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717063852/http://risk.english-heritage.org.uk/default.aspx?id=1132&rt=1&pn=93&st=a&ctype=all&crit= \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=17 July 2012 \|title=English Heritage \| English Heritage \|publisher=Risk.english-heritage.org.uk \|access-date=14 June 2013 }}
St George's Circus Obelisk	100px	St George's Circus, London	United Kingdom			align=center\|1771	{{coord\|51.498707
0.104747\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	Obelisk by Robert Mylne.
Kagul Obelisk	100px	Tsarskoe Selo	Russia			align=center\|1772	{{coord\|59.714348\|30.392089\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
Mautpyramide	100px	Marktbreit	Germany	{{convert\|33\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\|1773	{{coord\|49.621530\|10.116155\|type:landmark_region:GE\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	marked the end of the section of the road Würzburg-Ansbach in the Principality of Ansbach. Originally situated on a refuge island on the road Würzburg-Ansbach, rebuilt after collision with a truck on December 3, 2010, next to the road
Chesma Obelisk(ru)	100px	Gatchina	Russia			align=center\|1775	{{coord\|59.567062\|30.104832\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
Liberty Memorial, Copenhagen	100px	Vesterbrogade, Copenhagen	Denmark	{{convert\|20\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1788	{{coord\|55.6742\|12.5633\|type:landmark_region:DK\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	Erected in memory of the peasant reforms in 1788 which led to the abolition of adscription (Danish: Stavnsbåndet).
Villa Medici	100px	Rome	Italy			align=center\|1790	{{coord\|41.908843\|12.483178\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	A 19th-century copy of the Egyptian obelisk moved to the Boboli Gardens in Florence
Obelisk Fountain	100px	James St., Dublin	Ireland			align=center\|1790	{{coord\|53.343290
6.290279\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
Summerhill Obelisk \| 100px \| Dangan Castle \| Ireland \| \| \| align=center\|1790 \| {{coord\|53.512054
6.748462\|display=inline\|format=dms}} \| Restored and repaired to its original height in 2014 with the original brick and other materials.
Constable Obelisk	100px	Gatchina Palace, Gatchina	Russia			align=center\|1793	{{coord\|59.560129\|30.113045\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
Moore-Vallotton Incident marker		Wexford	Ireland			align=center\|1793	{{coord\|52.340274
6.471940\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	History of County Wexford: The Penal Laws & the 18th century
Rumyantsev Obelisk	100px	St Petersburg	Russia	{{convert\|70\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\|1799	{{coord\|59.938440\|30.292509\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
Obelisk at Slottsbacken	100px	Stockholm	Sweden	{{convert\|98\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align="center" \|1800	{{coord\|59.325871\|18.071507\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	Dismantled in 2017 and rebuilt in 2020.{{cite magazine \|last=Willebrand \|first=Peter \|title=Återuppstånden \|trans-title=The Resurrection \|url=https://www.sten.se/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Sten_2002_Obelisken.pdf \|language=sv \|magazine=Sten. \|location=Kristianstad, Sweden \|publisher=Sveriges Stenindustriförbund \|publication-date=June 2020 \|volume=82 \|issue=2 \|pages=30–31 \|access-date=20 September 2020}}

=19th century=

rowspan=2\| Obelisk name ! rowspan=2 class="unsortable"\| Image ! rowspan=2\| Location ! rowspan=2\| Country ! colspan=2\| Elevation ! rowspan=2\| Completed ! rowspan=2\| Coordinates ! rowspan=2\| Notes
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m ! ft
Nelson memorial	100px	Springfield Park Liverpool, England	{{nowrap\|United Kingdom}}			align=center\| circa 1805	{{coord\|53\|25\|06\|N\|02\|53\|54\|W}}	Erected to the memory of Admiral Lord Nelson[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1217963 Nelson Monument] Historic England; Retrieved 20 September 2020
Nelson Monument	100px	Portsmouth Harbour	United Kingdom	{{convert\|120\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\| 1808	{{coord\|50\|51\|38\|N\|1\|08\|03\|W}}
St. Emmeram's Palace Obelisk	100px	Regensburg, Bavaria	Germany			align=center\| circa 1810	{{coord\|49\|00\|57.07\|N\|12\|05\|32.68\|E}}
{{interlanguage link\|Wandersmann\|de}}	100px	Hofheim am Taunus	Germany	{{convert\|36\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\| 1813	{{coord\|50\|03\|23\|N\|8\|23\|02\|E}}
Constitution Obelisk		St. Augustine, Florida	United States			align=center\| 1814	{{coord\|29\|53\|35.38\|N\|81\|18\|15.53\|W}}	In commemoration of the Spanish Constitution of 1812
Brightling Needle		Brightling, East Sussex	United Kingdom	{{convert\|65\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\| circa 1815	{{coord\|50\|57\|57.96\|N\|0\|22\|37.25\|E}}	{{cite web\|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/64068\|title=The Obelisk (Brightling Needle) \|author=Richardson, Janet \|publisher=Geograph, Britain and Ireland\|access-date=21 August 2015}}
Patriots' Grave, Old Burying Ground	100px	Arlington, Massachusetts	United States			align=center\| 1818	{{nowrap\|{{coord\|42\|24\|58\|N\|71\|09\|31\|W\|type:landmark_region:US-MA\|display=inline}}}}
George IV Monument	100px	Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin	Ireland			align=center\| 1823	{{coord\|53\|17\|37.72\|N\|6\|07\|54.44\|W}}
Blantyre Monument	100px	Erskine, Renfrewshire	United Kingdom	{{convert\|80\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\| circa 1825	{{coord\|55\|54\|56.54\|N\|4\|29\|45.29\|W}}	{{{Historic Environment Scotland\|cat=PLA \|num=219026 \|num2=NS47SW 122 \|desc=Erskine House, Blantyre Monument \|access-date=1 July 2025}}
Workers Monument \| 170x170px \| Grochów, Warsaw \| Poland \| \| \| align=center\|1825 \| {{coord\|52\|14\|45.81\|N\|21\|04\|35.32\|E}} \|
Lublin Union Monument \| 133x133px \| Lublin \| Poland \| align=center\| 13 \| align=center\| 43 \| align=center\| 1826 \| {{coord\|51\|14\|53.39\|N\|22\|33\|37.2\|E}} \|{{Cite web\|title=Pomniki lubelskie – pomnik Unii Lubelskiej - Leksykon - Teatr NN\|url=http://teatrnn.pl/leksykon/artykuly/pomniki-lubelskie-pomnik-unii-lubelskiej/\|access-date=2020-10-20\|website=teatrnn.pl\|language=pl}}
Captain Cook's Monument		Easby Moor, Great Ayton, North Yorkshire	United Kingdom	{{convert\|15.5\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\| 1827	{{coord\|54\|28\|58.88\|N\|1\|05\|26.95\|W}}	[https://archive.today/20080119113037/http://www.hambleton.gov.uk/local_guide/display.htm?pk_localguide=37 Captain Cook's Monument]
Groton Monument	100px	Fort Griswold, Groton, Connecticut	United States	{{convert\|135\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\| 1830	{{coord\|41\|21\|18\|N\|72\|4\|46\|W\|type:landmark_region:US-CT\|display=inline}}	{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qy5ZXp__MuUC&q=Groton+Monument&pg=PA58 \| title=The Stone Records of Groton \| publisher=Applewood Books \| author=Caulkins, Francis \| year=2010\| isbn=9781429022798 }}
Bunker Hill Monument	100px	Charlestown, Massachusetts	United States	{{convert\|221\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\| 1827-43	{{coord\|42\|22\|35\|N\|71\|03\|41\|W\|type:landmark_region:US-MA\|display=inline}}	{{cite web\|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=65&ResourceType=Structure \|title=Bunker Hill Monument \|access-date=2009-06-30 \|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing \|publisher=National Park Service \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606042311/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=65&ResourceType=Structure \|archive-date=6 June 2009 }}
Spencer Monument	100px	Blata l-Bajda	Malta			align=center\| 1831 {{small\|(relocated 1893)}}	{{coord\|35\|53\|17\|N\|14\|29\|53\|E\|type:landmark_region:MA\|display=inline}}	{{cite web\|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCBBH_Spencer_Monument_Blata_l_Bajda_Malta/ \|title=Spencer Monument – Blata l-Bajda, Malta\|publisher=Waymarking.com\|access-date=7 July 2013}}
Obelisk in Odinslund	100px	Uppsala	Sweden			align=center\| 1832	{{coord\|59\|51\|25\|N\|17\|37\|56\|E\|type:landmark_region:SE\|display=inline}}	In memory of king Gustav II Adolf, donated by king Charles XIV John.{{cite web\|url=http://www.scribo.se/obelisken-i-odinslund-en-riktig-skattgomma \|title=Obelisken i Odinslund, en riktig skattgömma\|publisher=\|access-date=3 June 2021}}
Thomas Jefferson Obelisk, Monticello		Charlottesville, Virginia	United States			align=center\| 1833	{{coord\|38\|00\|37\|N\|78\|27\|08\|W\|type:landmark_region:US-VI\|display=inline}}	Erected by his family, Jefferson had willed that only three achievements be sketched onto it: Author of the Declaration of Independence, author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, and father of the University of Virginia.{{cite web\|url=http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/jeffersons-gravestone\|title=Jefferson's Gravestone\|access-date=21 August 2015}}
Munich obelisk	100px	Munich	Germany	{{convert\|29\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\| 1833	{{coord\|48.144699\|11.569167\|format=dms\|display=inline}}
Obelisk of Lions, Copou Park	100px	Iași	Romania	{{convert\|13.5\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\| 1834	{{coord\|47.17851\|27.56691\|format=dms\|type:landmark_region:RO\|display=inline}}	{{cite book \|first=Marika \|last=McAdam \|author2=Bainbridge, James \|date=2013 \|title=Southeastern Europe \|section=Iasi \|type=online version / no page number \|publisher=Lonely Planet}}
Villa Torlonia	100px	Rome	Italy			align=center\| 1842	{{coord\|41\|54\|50\|N\|12\|30\|43\| E\|format=dms\|type:landmark_region:IT\|display=inline}}	Two obelisks
Obelisk of Piazza Gioberti	100px	Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna	Italy			align=center\| 1842	{{coord\|44\|42\|0\|N\|10\|38\|0\|E\|format=dms\|type:landmark_region:IT\|display=inline}}	Commemorates marriage of Francis V, Duke of Modena to princess Adelgunde of Bavaria
Rutherford's Monument		Anwoth, Scotland	United Kingdom			align=center\| 1842	{{coord\|54\|52\|37.71\|N\|4\|12\|10.39\|W}}	A memorial to Samuel Rutherford{{Historic Environment Scotland\|num=LB3295\|desc=Rutherford's Monument\|cat=B\|access-date=2 April 2019}}
Political Martyrs' Monument	100px	Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland	United Kingdom	{{convert\|90\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\| 1844	{{coord\|55\|57\|12\|N\|3\|11\|9\|W\|format=dms\|type:landmark_region:GB\|display=inline}}	{{Historic Environment Scotland\|num=LB27920\|desc=Regent Road, Calton Old Burial Ground and Monuments...\|cat=A\|access-date=2 April 2019\|fewer-links=yes}}
Lansdowne Monument	100px	Wiltshire, England	United Kingdom	{{convert\|38\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\| 1845	{{coord\|51.4228
1.9327\|type:landmark_region:GB\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	Erected by the 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne to commemorate Sir William Petty.[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/220145 The Lansdowne Monument near to Cherhill, Wiltshire, Great Britain] at geograph.org.uk, accessed 18 July 2008
The Obelisk	100px	{{NSWcity\|Newcastle}}, New South Wales	Australia			align=center\| 1850	{{coord\|32\|55\|55.06\|S\|151\|46\|43.8\|E}}
Wellington Monument	100px	Wellington, Somerset	United Kingdom	{{convert\|175\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\| 1854	{{coord\|50.9480\|N\|3.2293\|W\|type:landmark_region:GB\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	{{National Heritage List for England \|num=1060281 \|desc=Wellington Monument\|accessdate=6 April 2015}}
Cape Dombey Obelisk	100px	Robe, South Australia	Australia	{{convert\|12\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\| 1855	{{nowrap\|{{coord\|37\|9\|23\|S\|139\|44\|37\|E\|type:landmark_region:AU-SA\|format=dms\|display=inline}}}}
Stoodley Pike Monument	100px	Todmorden, West Yorkshire	United Kingdom	{{convert\|121\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\| 1856	{{coord\|53\|42\|51\|N\|2\|2\|33\|W\|type:landmark_region:GB\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	{{cite book\|author=Richards, Robin \|title=LE-JOG-ed: A mid-lifer's trek from Land's End to John O'Groats\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IrlMBgAAQBAJ\|year=2013\|publisher=Troubador Publishing\|isbn=978-1-78306-935-4\|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=IrlMBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA138 138–139]}}
Hyde Park Obelisk	100px	Sydney, New South Wales	Australia	{{convert\|22\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\| 1857	{{nowrap\|{{coord\|33\|52\|29\|S\|151\|12\|36\|E\|type:landmark_region:AU-NSW\|format=dms\|display=inline}}}}	{{cite web \|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?id=5053881 \|title=Sewer Vent \|work=NSW State Heritage Register \|publisher=Office of Environment & Heritage, Government of New South Wales \|date=30 November 2001 \|access-date=27 December 2016 }}
Herndon Monument	100px	Annapolis, Maryland	United States	{{convert\|21\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\| 1860	{{coord\|38.9823\|N\|76.4859\|W\|type:landmark_region:GB\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	Erected by the US Naval Academy to commemorate the loss of William Lewis Herndon.
Obelisk of Fontenoy	100px	Fontenoy, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	France			align=center\|1860	{{coord\|47\|38\|35.57\|N\|3\|18\|44.82\|E}}
Wellington Monument	100px	Phoenix Park, Dublin	Ireland	{{convert\|62\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\| 1861	{{coord\|53.34908\|N\|6.303116\|W\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	The tallest in Europe.
Prince of Wales' Obelisk	100px	Port Elizabeth	South Africa				{{coord\|33\|58\|39.86\|S\|25\|38\|57.49\|E}}	Intended for one George Kemp but erected to commemorate the marriage of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and Alexandra of Denmark in 1861. Originally on Market Square, now in front of the Bayworld Museum Complex.{{citation needed\|date=January 2017}}
Lincoln Tomb	100px	Springfield, Illinois	United States	{{convert\|117\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\|1865	{{coord\|39\|49\|24\|N\|89\|39\|21\|W\|type:landmark_region:US-IL\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	{{cite web \|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=219&ResourceType=Structure \|title=Lincoln Tomb \|access-date=2007-10-11 \|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing \|publisher=National Park Service \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226230459/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=219&ResourceType=Structure \|archive-date=26 December 2007 }}
Tyndale Monument	100px	North Nibley, Gloucestershire	United Kingdom	{{convert\|111\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\|1866	{{coord\|51.658888\|N\|2.372623\|W\|format=dms\|display=inline}}
Treue der Union Monument	100px	Comfort, Texas	United States			align=center\|1866	{{coord\|29.969782\|N\|98.913848\|W\|format=dms\|display=inline}}
Nicholson's Obelisk	100px	Margalla Hills, Rawalpindi–Islamabad	Pakistan	{{convert\|40\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\|1868	{{coord\|33\|42\|11.12\|N\|72\|49\|29.4\|E}}	{{cite web \|url=http://www.azkhan.de/MyWebalbums_PhotosPakistan_NicholsonObelisk.htm \|title=Brigadier-General John Nicholson's Obelisk \|work=www.azkhan.de \|access-date=16 January 2017 }}
Hamilton Monument \| 100px \|Skerries, Dublin \|Ireland \| \| \| align=center\|1870 \| {{coord\|53\|34\|50.47\|N\|6\|06\|25.3\|E}} \|
Captain Cook Obelisk	100px	{{NSWcity\|Kurnell}}, New South Wales	Australia			align=center\|1870	{{coord\|34.004667\|S\|151.217556\|E\|type:landmark_region:AU-NSW\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	{{cite web \|url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/landscape/discovery/display/21766-captain-cook%60s-landing-site \|title=Captain Cook's Landing Site \|work=Monument Australia \|access-date=16 January 2017 }}
Obelisk of April's Peace	100px	San José de Mayo, San José	Uruguay			align=center\|1873	{{coord\|34\|20\|22.32\|S\|56\|42\|49.84\|W}}
Dauphin County Veteran's Memorial Obelisk		Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	United States	{{convert\|110\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\|1876	{{coord\|40.26304
76.88681\|type:landmark_globe:earth_region:US-PA\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	[http://www.milvet.state.pa.us/DMVA/1509.htm Dauphin County Department of Military & Veterans' Affairs] {{dead link\|date=January 2017}}
Saratoga Battle Monument	100px	Victory, New York	United States	{{convert\|155\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\|1882	{{coord\|43.09853
73.59327\|type:landmark_globe:earth_region:US-PA\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	Part of Saratoga National Historical Park, it memorializes the Battle of Saratoga (1777).{{Cite web \|title=Saratoga Monument (U.S. National Park Service) \|url=https://www.nps.gov/places/saratoga-monument.htm \|access-date=2025-02-23 \|website=www.nps.gov \|language=en}}
Washington Monument	100px	Washington, D.C.	United States	{{convert\|555\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\|1884	{{coord\|38.889482\|N\|77.035276\|W\|type:landmark_region:US-DC\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	{{cite news\|url=http://ihitthebutton.com/13-washington-monument-facts/ \|title=13 Interesting Facts About the Washington Monument \|work=I Hit The Button \|date=2014-10-30 \|access-date=2016-05-06}}
Oriskany Battlefield monument	100px	Rome, New York	United States			align=center\|1884	{{coord\|43\|10\|7\|N\|75\|22\|8\|W\|type:landmark_region:US-NY\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	{{NRISref\|2007a}}
Monument to the Restorers	100px	Restauradores Square, Lisbon	Portugal	{{convert\|48\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\|1886	{{coord\|38\|42\|57\|N\|9\|8\|30\|W\|type:landmark_region:PO\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	Erected to celebrate the victory in the Portuguese Restoration War (1640–1668).
Ludwig van Beethoven's grave	100px	Vienna Central Cemetery	Austria			align=center\|1888	{{coord\|48\|09\|07\|N\|16\|26\|24\|E}}
Bennington Battle Monument	100px	Bennington, Vermont	United States	{{convert\|301\|or\|306\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\|1889	{{coord\|42\|53\|21\|N\|73\|12\|57\|W\|type:landmark_region:US-VT\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	{{cite web\|url=http://historicsites.vermont.gov/directory/bennington\|title=Bennington Monument - Historic Sites\|website=historicsites.vermont.gov\|access-date=2019-04-05\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116061913/http://historicsites.vermont.gov/directory/bennington\|archive-date=2017-01-16\|url-status=dead}}
Monolith "The Obelisk"	100px	Villalar de los Comuneros, Castile and León	Spain			align=center\|1889	{{coord\|41.550044\|N\|5.138741\|W\|type:landmark_region:ES\|format=dms\|display=inline}}
Dalhousie Obelisk	100px	Raffles Place, Central Area	Singapore			align=center\|1891	{{coord\|1\|17\|15\|N\|103\|51\|8\|E\|type:landmark_region:\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	National Heritage Board (2002), Singapore's 100 Historic Places, Archipelago Press, {{ISBN\|981-4068-23-3}}
The Obelisk, Penn State University	100px	University Park, Pennsylvania	United States			align=center\|1896	{{coord\|40\|47\|43\|N\|77\|51\|48\|W}}
Confederate War Memorial	100px	Dallas, Texas	United States			align=center\|1896	{{coord\|32\|46\|32\|N\|96\|47\|59\|W\|type:landmark_region:US-TX\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	{{Cite web \|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/spe/2002/hiddenhistory/1850-1875/070002dnhhpioneer.442cf291.html \|title=DallasNews.com: Hidden History of Dallas \|access-date=2019-04-05 \|archive-date=2010-11-09 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109204559/http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/spe/2002/hiddenhistory/1850-1875/070002dnhhpioneer.442cf291.html \|url-status=dead }}
Anspach Fountain \| File:Belgique - Bruxelles - Fontaine Anspach - 03.jpg \| Brussels \| Belgium \| \| \| align=center\|1897 \| {{coord\|50\|51\|12.95\|N\|4\|20\|48.72\|E}} \|

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rowspan=2\| Obelisk name ! rowspan=2 class="unsortable"\| Image ! rowspan=2\| Location ! rowspan=2\| Country ! colspan=2\| Elevation ! rowspan=2\| Completed ! rowspan=2\| Coordinates ! rowspan=2\| Notes
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m ! ft
William Dudley Chipley Memorial	100px	Plaza Ferdinand VII, Pensacola, Florida	United States			align=center\|1901	{{coord\|30\|24\|31.7\|N\|87\|12\|50.24\|W\|display=inline\|format=dms\|region:US-FL_type:landmark}}
Sergeant Floyd Monument	100px	Sioux City, Iowa	United States	{{convert\|100\|ft\|m\|order=flip\|disp=table}}	align=center\| 1901	{{coord\|42\|27\|45\|N\|96\|22\|39\|W\|display=inline\|format=dms\|region:US-IO_type:landmark}}	{{cite web \|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=227&ResourceType=Structure \|title=Sergeant Floyd Monument \|access-date=2007-10-08 \|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing \|publisher=National Park Service \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606155558/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=227&ResourceType=Structure \|archive-date=6 June 2011 }}
{{nowrap\|Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial}}	100px	South Royalton, Vermont	United States	{{convert\|50\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\| 1905	{{coord\|43.823797
72.472444\|display=inline\|format=dms\|region:US-VT_type:landmark}}	{{cite journal \|first=Keith A. \|last=Erekson \|url=http://vermonthistory.org/journal/73/04_Erekson.pdf \|title=The Joseph Smith Memorial Monument and Royalton's 'Mormon Affair': Religion, Community, Memory, and Politics in Progressive Vermont \|journal=Vermont History \|volume=73 \|pages=117–51 \|year=2005 }}{{rp\|118}}
McKinley Monument	100px	Niagara Square, Buffalo, New York	United States	{{convert\|96\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\| 1907	{{Coord\|42\|53\|11\|N\|78\|52\|41\|W\|format=dms\|display=inline\|type:landmark_region:US-NY}}	{{cite book \|chapter=McKinley Monument \|author=Kowsky, Francis R. \|title=Buffalo architecture : a guide \|location=Cambridge, Mass. \|publisher=MIT Press \|year=1981 \|isbn=978-0-262-02172-2 }}
The Veterans' Monument		Elizabethton, Tennessee	United States			align=center\|1904	{{coord\|36.348659
82.210544\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	Dedicated to American Civil War veterans from Carter County, Tennessee.
Samuel Smith Monument	100px	Sefton Park, Liverpool	United Kingdom			align=center\|1909	{{coord\|53\|23\|09.67\|N\|02\|56\|43.08\|W}}	Designed by C.J. Allen as a memorial to local MP and philanthropist. Granite, with bronze plaques.[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062528 Monument to Samuel Smith] Historic England; Retrieved 21 September 2020
Finn's Point National Cemetery \| \| Pennsville Township, New Jersey \| United States \| {{convert\|85\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}} \| align=center\|1910 \| {{coord\|39.611729\|N\|75.556102\|W\|format=dms\|display=inline}} \| Erected by the U.S. government in 1910 to memorialize Confederate soldiers buried at the cemetery.
Coronation Memorial	100px	Coronation Park, Delhi	India			align=center\|	{{coord\|28.723046\|77.196819\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	To commemorate the founding of New Delhi in 1911 followed by other obelisks around the Rashtrapati Bhavan
Victory Memorial	100px	Fort Recovery, Ohio	United States	{{convert\|101\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\|1913	{{coord\|40.413232\|N\|84.775819\|W\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	{{NRISref\|2009a}}
Rizal Monument	100px	Luneta Park, Manila	Philippines	{{convert\|12.7\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1913	{{nowrap\|{{coord\|14.581669\|N\|120.976694\|E\|region:PH_type:landmark\|format=dms\|display=inline}}}}	built to commemorate the executed Filipino nationalist, José Rizal.
National Women's Monument	100px	Bloemfontein	South Africa			align=center\|1913	{{coord\|29.1416\|S\|26.2083\|E\|source:wikidata_type:landmark_region:SA\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	{{cite web\|url=http://196.35.231.29/sahra/HeritageSitesDetail.aspx?id=27292 \|title=The Women's Monument entry in the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) Registry of Gazetted Sites, Objects and Shipwrecks \|access-date=2013-01-25 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303215735/http://196.35.231.29/sahra/HeritageSitesDetail.aspx?id=27292 \|archive-date=3 March 2012 }}
Ozark Trail	100px	Various locations including Stroud, Oklahoma, Farwell, Dimmitt, Wellington, and Tulia, Texas	United States			align=center\|1913		Formerly a series of 21 obelisks
PAX Memorial		Walmer, Port Elizabeth	South Africa	{{convert\|6\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1919	{{coord\|33.974379\|S\|25.574855\|E\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	A World War I memorial to local fallen soldiers.{{cite web \|url=http://allatsea.co.za/blog/the-pax-memorial-in-walmer-port-elizabeth/ \|title=The PAX Memorial in Walmer, Port Elizabeth \|work=Blogging while allatsea \|author=Walker, D. R. \|date=26 January 2014 \|access-date=19 January 2017 \|archive-date=9 August 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809111428/http://allatsea.co.za/blog/the-pax-memorial-in-walmer-port-elizabeth/ \|url-status=dead }}
Dover Patrol Monument	100px	St Margaret's at Cliffe	United Kingdom	{{convert\|75\|ft\|m\|order=flip\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1919	{{coord\|51\|9\|24.71\|N\|1\|23\|33.55\|E\|region:US_type:landmark\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	Erected to honour Dover Patrol.
Flagler Monument	100px	Flagler Monument Island, Miami Beach, Florida	United States	{{convert\|110\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\|1920	{{coord\|25.785181\|N\|80.152742\|W\|type:landmark_region:US-FL\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	{{cite web\|author=The City of Miami Beach\|title=Flagler Monument History\|publisher=The City of Miami Beach\|access-date=2006-06-13\|url=http://www.miamibeachfl.gov/newcity/depts/arce/art_public/Flagler%20Monument%20History.pdf\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060518102433/http://www.miamibeachfl.gov/newcity/depts/arce/art_public/Flagler%20Monument%20History.pdf\|archive-date=18 May 2006\|df=dmy-all}}
Dover Patrol Monument	100px	Cap Blanc-Nez, Sangatte/Escalles	France	{{convert\|75\|ft\|m\|order=flip\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1922	{{coord\|50\|55\|29.42\|N\|1\|42\|35.57\|E\|region:US_type:landmark\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	Erected to honour Dover Patrol.
Southport War Memorial	100px	London Square, Southport, Lancashire, England	{{nowrap\|United Kingdom}}	{{convert\|67.5\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\|1923	{{coord\|53.648670\|N\|3.004326\|W\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
Veterans Memorial Plaza	100px	Indiana World War Memorial Plaza, Indianapolis, Indiana	United States	{{convert\|100\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\|1923	{{coord\|39\|46\|25\|N\|86\|9\|25\|W\|type:landmark_region:US-IN\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	{{cite web\|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2069&ResourceType=District \|title=Indiana World War Memorial Plaza Historic District \|access-date=24 August 2008 \|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing \|publisher=National Park Service \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621075305/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2069&ResourceType=District \|archive-date=21 June 2008 }}
Jefferson Davis Monument	100px	Fairview, Kentucky	United States	{{convert\|351\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip }}	align=center\|1924	{{coord\|36.842078\|N\|87.300286\|W\|display=inline\|format=dms\|region:US-KY_type:landmark}}	Commemorating the birthplace of the President of the Confederate States of America
Boer War Monument		King's Domain, Melbourne, Victoria	Australia	{{convert\|75\|ft\|m\|order=flip\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1924	{{coord\|37.833406\|S\|144.972259\|E\|display=inline\|format=dms}} [https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/boer/display/33452-south-african-boer-war-memorial] (dismantled?)	{{cite web\|url=http://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM02056b.htm \|title=Boer War Memorial\|publisher=eMelbourne\|date=July 2008\|access-date=27 October 2015}}
Camp Merritt Memorial Monument	100px	Cresskill, New Jersey	United States	{{convert\|66\|ft\|m\|order=flip\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1924	{{coord\|40.941102\|N\|73.976831\|W\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	Monument dedicated to the soldiers who passed through Camp Merritt, New Jersey, en route to Europe in World War I, particularly those who died at the camp due to the influenza epidemic of 1918
Hobart Cenotaph	100px	Queens Domain, Hobart, Tasmania	Australia	{{convert\|75\|ft\|m\|order=flip\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1925	{{coord\|42.877820\|S\|147.336552\|E\|type:landmark_region:AU-TA\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	A World War I memorial{{cite journal \|author=Howard, A \|title=Forgotten Landscape: Soldiers Memorial Avenue \|journal=THRA Papers and Proceedings \|volume=52 \|number=2 \|pages=95–106 }}
The Big Red Apple	100px	Cornelia, Georgia	United States	{{convert\|8\|ft\|m\|order=flip\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1925	{{coord\|34.511667\|N\|83.526601\|W\|type:landmark_region:US-GA\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	A short square obelisk with the world's largest apple on top stands{{cite web \|url=http://www.corneliageorgia.org/149/Big-Red-Apple \|title=Big Red Apple \|publisher=City of Cornellia \|access-date=19 January 2017}}
Prague Castle Obelisk (or Monolith from Mrákotín)	100px	Prague Castle, Prague	Czech Republic	{{convert\|15.42\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1930	{{coord\|50\|5\|25\|N\|14\|24\|1\|E\|type:landmark_region:CZ\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
Jaipur Column	100px	New Delhi	India	{{convert\|45\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1930	{{coord\|28\|36\|51\|N\|77\|12\|07\|E\|type:landmark_region:IN\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
Obelisk of Montevideo (or Obelisco a los Constituyentes de 1830)	100px	Parque Batlle, Montevideo	Uruguay	{{convert\|40\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1930	{{coord\|34.8975\|S\|56.1644\|W\|source:kolossus-ptwiki_type:landmark_region:UR\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	{{cite web \|url=http://www.montevideo.gub.uy/ciudad/arquitectura/estatuas-y-monumentos/obelisco-los-constituyentes \|title=Obelisco a los Constituyentes \| Intendencia de Montevideo \|access-date=2010-11-14 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426044019/http://www.montevideo.gub.uy/ciudad/arquitectura/estatuas-y-monumentos/obelisco-los-constituyentes \|archive-date=26 April 2011 \|df=dmy-all }}
High Point Monument	100px	High Point, Montague, New Jersey	United States	{{convert\|220\|ft\|m\|order=flip\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1930	{{coord\|41\|19\|15\|N\|74\|39\|42\|W\|region:US-NJ_type:landmark\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	Located on top of New Jersey's highest point, {{convert\|1803\|ft\|m\|abbr=on\|order=flip}} above sea level.
Dover Patrol Monument	100px	John Paul Jones Park, Brooklyn	United States	{{convert\|75\|ft\|m\|order=flip\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1931	{{coord\|40\|36\|41.18\|N\|74\|2\|3.01\|W\|region:US_type:landmark\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	Erected to honour Dover Patrol.
Foro Italico	100px	Lungotevere Maresciallo Diaz, Rome	Italy			align=center\|1932	{{coord\|41\|55\|55\|N\|12\|27\|32\|E\|region:IT_type:landmark\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	Erected to honour Benito Mussolini.
Paterson Monument	100px	Windmill Point, George Town, Tasmania	Australia			align=center\|1935	{{coord\|41.109591\|S\|146.817043\|E\|type:landmark_region:AU-TA\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	Erected to commemorate the 1804 landing of William Paterson (explorer).{{cite web\|title=National Library of Australia - Trove Photograph - unveiling of monument to Lieutenant-Colonel William Paterson, George Town\|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/192132474?q&versionId=210041531}}
Gefallenendenkmal Mühlbach	100px	Eppingen, Baden-Württemberg	Germany	{{convert\|24\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1935	{{coord\| 49\|05\|39\|N \|8\|54\|20\|E\|format=dms\|display=inline\|type:landmark_region:DE}}
Obelisk of Buenos Aires	100px	San Nicolás, Buenos Aires	Argentina	{{convert\|71.5\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1936	{{coord\|34\|36\|13\|S\|58\|22\|54\|W\|format=dms\|display=inline\|type:landmark_region:AG}}
Santo Domingo Obelisk	100px	Santo Domingo	{{nowrap\|Dominican Republic}}	{{convert\|137\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\|1937	{{coord\|18.464602\|N\|69.893933\|W\|format=dms\|display=inline}}
War Memorial	100px	Floriana	Malta			align=center\|1938	{{coord\|35\|53\|37\|N\|14\|30\|29\|E\|region:MA_type:landmark\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	{{cite web\|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120623/environment/The-War-Memorial.425521/ \|title=The War Memorial\|work=Times of Malta\|date=23 June 2012\|access-date=7 July 2013}}
San Jacinto Monument	100px	La Porte, Texas	United States	{{convert\|172.92\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\| 1939	{{nowrap\|{{coord\|29.749886\|N\|95.080716\|W\|region:US-TX_type:landmark\|format=dms\|display=inline}}}}	{{cite web\|url=http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/About_Us/Media_Kit/Fact_Sheet/\|title=San Jacinto: Monument Fact Sheet]\|website=San Jacinto Museum of History}}
Trylon and Perisphere	100px	1939 New York World's Fair, Flushing, New York	United States	{{convert\|190\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\| 1939	{{coord\|40.7463
73.8451\|type:landmark_region:US-NY\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	Not a true obelisk, but an art deco variant.
Maungakiekie Obelisk	100px	One Tree Hill, Auckland	New Zealand			align=center\|1940	{{coord\|36.900105\|S\|174.783187\|E\|type:landmark_region:NZ\|display=inline}}	{{cite news\|title=Maori Memorial. Obelisk on One Tree Hill. Scheme to divert fund.\|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19310319.2.84&srpos=1&e=-------100--1----0goldstine+obelisk--\|access-date=21 April 2013\|newspaper=Auckland Star\|date=19 March 1931}}
Victory Monument	100px	Bangkok	Thailand			align=center\|1941	{{coord\|13\|45\|53\|N\|100\|32\|19\|E\|type:landmark_region:TH-10\|display=inline}}	To commemorate the Thai victory in the Franco-Thai War, a brief conflict waged against the French colonial authorities in Indo-China, which resulted in Thailand annexing some territories in western Cambodia and northern and southern Laos. These were among the territories which the Kingdom of Siam had been forced to cede to France in 1893 and 1904, and patriotic Thais considered them rightfully to belong to Thailand.
Plaza Francia Obelisk	100px	Altamira, Caracas	Venezuela			align=center\|1944	{{coord\|10\|29\|47\|N\|66\|50\|56\|W\|type:landmark_region:VZ\|display=inline}}
Banská Bystrica Obelisk	100px	Banská Bystrica	Slovakia			align=center\|1945	{{coord\|48.735057\|N\|19.144648\|E\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	Commemorates the soldiers of the Red Army and those of the Romanian Army who fell while liberating the town.
Monument to the Fallen	100px	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	{{convert\|25\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1947	{{coord\|28\|28\|0.2\|N\|16\|14\|49.6\|W\|type:landmark_region:SP\|display=inline}}
Cenotaph on Leinster Lawn	100px	Leinster House, Dublin	Ireland	{{convert\|18.28\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1950	{{coord\|53.34055\|N\|6.254021\|W\|type:landmark_region:IR\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	Erected to commemorate the memories of Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins and Kevin O'Higgins;{{cite book \|first1=David J. \|last1=Griffin \|first2=Caroline \|last2=Pegum \|title=Leinster House 1744 – 2000 An Architectural History \|publisher=The Irish Architectural Archive in association with The Office of Public Works \|year=2000 \|location=Dublin, Ireland }} and replaced an earlier temporary cenotaph, erected in 1923.{{cite web \|url=http://archiseek.com/2013/1951-cenotaph-leinster-house-dublin/ \|title=1923 – Cenotaph, Leinster House, Dublin \|work=Architecture of Dublin City & Lost Buildings of Ireland \|publisher=Archiseek \|date= February 2013\|access-date=23 January 2017 }}
Lucas Gusher Obelisk		Beaumont, Texas	United States			align=center\|1951	{{coord\|30.033540\|N\|94.079137\|W\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	Recognizes the 50th anniversary of the birth of the liquid fuel age as the Lucas Gusher came in at Spindletop on January 10, 1901.
Heroes Monument	149x149px	Surabaya	Indonesia	{{convert\|41.15\|m\|ft\|disp=table}} \| align="center" \|1952 \|{{coord\|7\|14\|46\|S\|112\|44\|15\|E}}	Commemorate the events of November 10, 1945, at the Battle of Surabaya
1947–1949 Palestine war Memorial	100px	Safed	Israel			align=center\|	{{coord\|32.968302\|N\|35.495448\|E\|type:landmark_region:IS\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
Obelisk of São Paulo	100px	São Paulo	Brazil	{{convert\|72\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1954	{{coord\|23\|35\|5\|S\|46\|39\|17\|W\|type:landmark_region:BR\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	[https://archive.today/20121129023629/http://www.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/portal/a_cidade/noticias/index.php?p=10689 Obelisco do Ibirapuera: Prefeitura e Estado unidos em prol do restauro] {{in lang\|pt}}
Obelisks outside the Palace of Culture and Science \|133x133px \|Warsaw \|Poland \| \| \| align=center\|1955 \| {{coord\|52.230601\|N\|21.008772\|E\|display=inline\|format=dms}} \|
Monument to the abolition of slavery (Monumento a la abolición de la esclavitud)	100px	Abolition Park, Ponce	Puerto Rico	{{convert\|100\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\|1956	{{coord\|18\|00\|21\|N\|66\|36\|46\|W\|type:landmark_region:PR\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	[http://www.visitaaponce.com/docs/SP/INFO%20DE%20PONCE-%20ESTUDIANTES.pdf Ponce: Informacion para estudiantes.] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425051315/http://www.visitaaponce.com/docs/SP/INFO%20DE%20PONCE-%20ESTUDIANTES.pdf \|date=25 April 2012 }} Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
Slavin	100px	Bratislava	Slovakia	{{convert\|52.1\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|	{{coord\|48.153937\|N\|17.099588\|E\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
Obelisk of La Paz	100px	La Paz	Bolivia			align=center\|	{{coord\|16\|29\|55\|S\|68\|08\|06\|W\|type:landmark_region:BO\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
Demidovsky Pillar	100px	Tsentralny City District, Barnaul, Altai Krai	Russia	{{convert\|14\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|	{{coord\|53\|19\|43.8\|N\|83\|47\|3.6\|E\|type:landmark_region:RU\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
Victory Obelisk (Poklonnaya Hill Obelisk)	100px	Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow	Russia	{{convert\|141.8\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1995 [https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8B]	{{coord\|55.731682\|N\|37.506943\|E\|region:RU_type:landmark_source:ruwiki\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	{{cite web \|url=http://www.moscow-russia-insiders-guide.com/park-pobedy.html \|title=Park Pobedy - a beautiful Victory memorial \|work=Moscow Russia Insider's Guide \|date=2017 \|access-date=17 January 2017 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323220435/http://www.moscow-russia-insiders-guide.com/park-pobedy.html \|archive-date=23 March 2016 \|df=dmy-all }}
Monument to the Conquerors of Space	100px	Moscow	Russia	{{convert\|107\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1964	{{coord\|55.822508\|N\|37.639600\|E\|region:RU_type:landmark_source:ruwiki\|format=dms\|display=inline}}
Bayonet-Obelisk of the War Memorial		Brest Fortress, Brest	Belarus	{{convert\|100\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1971	{{coord\|52.082887\|N\|23.656834\|E\|region:BL_type:landmark\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	{{cite web \|url=http://www.brest-fortress.by/en/memorialnyj-kompleks/126-bayonet-obelisk.html \|title=The Bayonet-Obelisk \|work=Brest Hero-Fortress Memorial \|date=2013 \|access-date=19 January 2017 }}
Trinity Nuclear Test Site Obelisk	100px	Jornada del Muerto, Socorro, New Mexico	United States	{{convert\|12\|ft\|m\|order=flip\|disp=table}}	align=center\|	{{coord\|33.677285\|N\|106.475380\|W\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	The location of the first atomic bomb explosion.{{cite web \|url=http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/trinity/g6_p1.shtml \|title=Trinity Site Monument \|publisher=National Science Digital Library \|access-date=August 24, 2014}}
Iglica	100px	Wrocław	Poland	{{convert\|90\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1948	{{coord\|51.107543\|N\|17.075417\|E\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	original height 106 metres
Cairn to mark the Geographic Centre of North America	100px	Rugby, North Dakota	United States	{{convert\|15\|ft\|m\|order=flip\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1971	{{coord\|48.354440\|N\|99.998090\|W\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	The structure is more like a cairn sited near the geographical center of North America (Mexico, US and Canada). The location of the geographical center is approximately {{convert\|15\|mi\|km}} for the location of the cairn.{{Cite web\| title=Geographic Centers\| work=USGS Geography Products\| publisher=U.S. Geological Survey\| year=2001\| url=http://edc2.usgs.gov/pubslists/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.php#Distances\| access-date=19 November 2009\| url-status=dead\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527130434/http://edc2.usgs.gov/pubslists/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.php#Distances\| archive-date=27 May 2010\| df=dmy-all}}
Pirulito da Praça Sete	100px	Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais	Brazil			align=center\|	{{coord\|19.919101\|S\|43.938635\|W\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
Oregon Trail	100px	Boise, Idaho	United States			align=center\|		21 obelisks that mark the trail.{{cite web\|url=http://www.boiseartsandhistory.org/history/resources/oregon-trail-monuments/ \|title=Oregon Trail Monuments – Boise Arts & History \|publisher=Boiseartsandhistory.org \|access-date=20 July 2016}}{{cite web \| title=Oregon Trail Monuments \| publisher=Boise City Department of Arts & History \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515205820/http://www.boiseartsandhistory.org/history/tours-maps/oregon-trail-monuments/ \| url-status=dead \| url=http://www.boiseartsandhistory.org/history/tours-maps/oregon-trail-monuments/ \| archive-date=May 15, 2013 \| access-date=March 2, 2014}}
Islamic Summit Minar	100px	Lahore, Punjab	Pakistan	{{convert\|155\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\|1974	{{coord\|31.560304\|N\|74.324988\|E\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	An obelisk-shape structure built to commemorate the Organisation of Islamic Conference.
Luxor Hotel	100px	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States				{{coord\|36.095488\|N\|115.173322\|W\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	The obelisk stands in front of the hotel, a pyramid-shaped hotel along The Strip
		Endicott, Triple Cities, New York	United States			align=center\|1975		An obelisk stands in front of radio talk show host Clint Ferro's boyhood home{{citation needed\|date=January 2017}}
Monumen Nasional	100px	Merdeka Square, Jakarta	Indonesia	{{convert\|137\|m\|ft\|disp=table}} \| align="center" \|1975	{{coord\|6.175402\|S\|106.827133\|E\|format=dms\|type:landmark\|display=inline}}	Symbolizing the fight for the independence of Indonesia
Juche Tower	100px	Pyongyang	North Korea	{{convert\|170\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1982	{{coord\|39.017610\|N\|125.763634\|E\|format=dms\|type:landmark\|display=inline}}
Leningrad Hero City Obelisk	100px	Vosstaniya Square, Saint Petersburg	Russia	{{convert\|118\|ft\|m\|order=flip\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1985	{{coord\|59.930932\|N\|30.361836\|E\|type:landmark\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
Minsk Hero City Obelisk	File:Museum of the Great Patriotic War - Minsk - Belarus (27248715740).jpg	Victors Avenue, Minsk	Belarus	{{convert\|45\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|1985	{{coord\|53.915905\|N\|27.538141\|E\|type:landmark\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
1948 Arab–Israeli War Memorial	100px	Ad Halom, Ashdod	Israel			align=center\|	{{coord\|31.781916\|N\|34.666449\|E\|format=dms\|display=inline\|type:landmark_region:IS}}	Memorial to Egypt's fallen soldiers{{Cite news\|last=Na'aman \|first=Ayelet\|title=7 fascinating memorials \|work=Ynetnews \|access-date=2009-04-28 \|date=2009-04-28 \|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3707888,00.html}}
Avis Obelisk	100px	Avis Farms Office Park, Pittsfield Township, Michigan	United States			align=center\|1998	{{coord\|42.213080\|N\|83.746073\|W\|format=dms\|display=inline\|type:landmark_region:US-MI}}
Bahá'í House of Worship	100px	Bahá'í World Centre buildings, Mount Carmel, Haifa	Israel			align=center\|1971	{{coord\|32.822766\|N\|34.975708\|E\|format=dms\|type:landmark\|display=inline}}	Marking the site of the future Bahá'í House of Worship.
Hero City monument, Kyiv	100px	Kyiv	Ukraine			align=center\|1982
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Kyiv)	100px	Kyiv	Ukraine			align=center\|1957
Monument to the Unknown Sailor, Odesa, Ukraine	100px	Odesa	Ukraine			align=center\|1960
Height of Marshal Konev memorial complex	100px	Solonytsivka, Kharkiv Oblast	Ukraine			align=center\|1965
Obelisk of the Glory	100px	Znamianka, Kirovohrad Oblast	Ukraine			align=center\|1968
Obelisk to the warriors of WW2	100px	Kropyvnytskyi,	Ukraine			align=center\|1960
Obelisk to the fallen in WW2	100px	Pivdenne, Odesa Oblast	Ukraine			align=center\|1968
Independence Obelisk	100px	Maha Bandula Park, Yangon	Myanmar			align=center\|	{{coord\|16.773145\|N\|96.159495\|E\|format=dms\|type:landmark\|display=inline}}	{{cite book\|last=Seekins\|first=Donald M.\|title=State and Society in Modern Rangoon\|publisher=Routledge\|date=2014\|pages=36, 73\|isbn=9781317601548}}

=21st century=

rowspan=2\| Obelisk name ! rowspan=2\| Image ! rowspan=2\| Location ! rowspan=2\| Country ! colspan=2 \|Elevation ! rowspan=2\| Completed ! rowspan=2\| Coordinates ! rowspan=2\| Notes
class="wikitable sortable"
m ! ft
Spire of Dublin	100px	Dublin	Ireland	{{convert\|120\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|2003	{{coord\|53.349814\|N\|6.260254\|W\|format=dms\|display=inline}}
Capas National Shrine		Tarlac province	Philippines	{{convert\|70\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|2003	{{coord\|15.34891\|N\|120.545246\|E\|region:PH_type:landmark\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	{{citation needed\|date=January 2017}}
Kolonna Eterna	100px	San Gwann	Malta	{{convert\|6\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|2003	{{coord\|35\|54\|35\|N\|14\|28\|36\|E\|region:MA_type:landmark\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	Egyptian obelisk by Paul Vella Critien{{cite book\|last1=Guillaumier\|first1=Alfie\|title=Bliet u Rħula Maltin\|date=2005\|publisher=Klabb Kotba Maltin\|location=Santa Venera\|page=737\|language=mt\|isbn=978-99932-39-40-6}}
Colonna Mediterranea	100px	Luqa	Malta	{{convert\|10\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}	align=center\|2006	{{coord\|35\|51\|38\|N\|14\|29\|3\|E\|region:MA_type:landmark\|display=inline\|format=dms}}	Abstract art by Paul Vella CritienBorg Cardona, Ben (2010), [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-04-13/cars-pass-by-colonna-mediterranea-a-sculpture-by/394884 "Cars pass by Colonna Mediterranea, a sculpture by Malta artist Paul Vella Critien"], abc.net.au.
Plaza Salcedo Obelisk	100px	Vigan, Ilocos Sur	Philippines				{{coord\|17\|34\|31\|N\|120\|23\|15\|E\|region:PH_type:landmark\|display=inline\|format=dms}}
Colony Park Monument		Ridgeland, Mississippi	United States	{{convert\|190\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}}		{{coord\|32.447081\|N\|90.146352\|W\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	cellphone tower in shape of Washington Monument
Cyclisk		Santa Rosa, California	United States	{{convert\|65\|ft\|m\|disp=table\|order=flip}} \|	{{coord\|38.426463\|N\|122.713655\|W\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	Made of 340 bicycles{{cite news \|first=Kevin \|last=McCallum \|url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/2242118-181/hey-whats-it-all-mean?gallery=2358328 \|title=Hey, what's it all mean? \|newspaper=Santa Rosa Press Democrat \|date=August 26, 2010 }}
Obelisco Novecento	100px	Rome	Italy			align=center\|2004	{{coord\|41.822928\|N\|12.465325\|E\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	Sculpture by Arnaldo Pomodoro{{citation needed\|date=January 2017}}
Armed Forces Memorial \| \| National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire \| United Kingdom \| \| \| align=center\|2007 \| {{coord\|52.727428\|N\|1.7274395\|W\|format=dms\|display=inline}} \|
Jiujiang Victory Monument		Jiujiang	China	{{convert\|200.5\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|2007	{{coord\|29.695811\|N\|115.948068\|E\|format=dms\|display=inline}}
Caja Madrid Obelisk	100px	Madrid	Spain	{{convert\|92\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|2009	{{coord\|40.466028\|N\|3.689348\|W\|format=dms\|display=inline}}
Särkynyt lyhty		Tornio, Lapland	Finland	{{convert\|9\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|	{{coord\|65.846379\|N\|24.152498\|E\|format=dms\|display=inline}}	Made of stainless steel{{citation needed\|date=January 2017}}
Agostinho Neto Memorial	100px	Luanda	Angola	{{convert\|120\|m\|ft\|disp=table}}	align=center\|2012	{{coord\|8.823684\|S\|13.218869\|E\|format=dms\|display=inline}}
Oregon World War II Memorial	100px	Salem, Oregon	United States			align=center\|2014	{{coord\|44.939509\|N\|123.033047\|W\|format=dms\|display=inline}}
Human Rights Monument \|File:Obelisk van de mensenrechten (cropped).jpg \| Brussels \| Belgium \| {{convert\|12\|m\|ft\|disp=table}} \| align=center\|2018 \| {{coord\|50.868850\|N\|4.344555\|E\|format=dms\|display=inline}} \| The monument, consists of a stack of 30 coloured stones, includes all the articles of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in four languages - French, Dutch, German and English.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thebulletin.be/human-rights-monument-inaugurated-tour-taxis\|title=Human rights monument inaugurated at Tour & Taxis\|last=McNally\|first=Paul\|date=2018-12-10\|website=The Bulletin\|language=en\|access-date=2019-11-05}}

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