List of modern obelisks
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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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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=
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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 | 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=
=20th century=
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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
|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}} |
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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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