Obelisk
An obelisk is a tall, narrow, four-sided, tapering monument which ends in a pyramidal top.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Aksum | ||
| Ancient Thebes | ||
| Aranjuez | In the Island Garden | |
| Arles | ||
| Blenheim Palace | ||
| Bourges Cathedral | In the garden | |
| Byblos | Temple of the Obelisks | |
| Chavin | The obelisk now is in a Lima museum | |
| Cienfuegos | Pedro Modesto Hernández, Paseo del Prado. 37th Street (nom file) | |
| Florence | 2 in front of Santa Maria Novella | |
| Heritage of Mercury | In the town center of Idrija, to remember 17 miners who died in a fire | |
| Istanbul | ||
| Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape | ||
| Longobards in Italy | Benevento | |
| Medici Villas and Gardens | At the Boboli Gardens | |
| Mérida | ||
| Naples | Guglia dell'Immacolata | |
| Old Havana | At Cabana fortress | |
| Paris, Banks of the Seine | ||
| Petra | ||
| Potsdam | Obelisk in Sanssouci Park | |
| Prague | 3rd court of the castle | |
| Regensburg | Obelisk for Karl Anselm von Thurn und Taxis, 1806 | |
| Rome | ||
| Schönbrunn | ||
| Struve Geodetic Arc | Struve Meridian Obelisk, Hammerfest | |
| Studley Royal Park | Studley Obelisk | |
| Trinity Sergius Lavra | An obelisk with medallions narrating the history of the monastery was built on the main square. | |
| Urbino | ||
| Vatican City | In the middle of St Peter Square | |
| Villa d'Este | At the Rometta Fountain: in a small pool floats a boat with a mast in the shape of an obelisk, illustrating the Tiber island (AB ev) |
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