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 | ||
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 | ||
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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