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

Modern obelisks

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(Listed in date order)

17th century

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Obelisk name Image Location Country Elevation Completed Coordinates Notes
m ft
Fontaine des
Quatre Dauphins		 Aix-en-Provence France 1667 43°31′35″N 5°26′44″E / 43.52639°N 5.44556°E / 43.52639; 5.44556

18th century

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Obelisk name Image Location Country Elevation Completed Coordinates Notes
m ft
Market Square obelisk Ripon United Kingdom 24 80 1702 54°08′11″N 1°31′25″W / 54.136340°N 1.523736°W / 54.136340; -1.523736 The first large scale obelisk in Britain.[1]
Stillorgan Obelisk Stillorgan, Dublin Ireland 30 100 1727 53°17′12″N 6°10′53″W / 53.286663°N 6.181317°W / 53.286663; -6.181317
St. Bartholomäi Church Dessau-Roßlau Germany 42 138 1722–25. Spire by Carlo Ignazio Pozzi 51°50′23″N 12°16′26″E / 51.839785°N 12.273856°E / 51.839785; 12.273856 height of obelisk: 18 metres
St Luke Church London United Kingdom circa 1727–33. Spire by Nicholas Hawksmoor 51°31′31″N 0°05′39″W / 51.525212°N 0.094223°W / 51.525212; -0.094223
Queen Anne Obelisk Wentworth Castle, Yorkshire England 1734 53°31′19″N 1°30′03″W / 53.521898°N 1.500927°W / 53.521898; -1.500927 Designed by James Gibbs for Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
Boyne Obelisk Oldbridge, County Louth Ireland 53 174 1736 53°43′31″N 6°25′00″W / 53.725372°N 6.416718°W / 53.725372; -6.416718 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 Bath United Kingdom 15 49 1738 51°23′00″N 2°21′49″W / 51.383419°N 2.363585°W / 51.383419; -2.363585
Conolly's Folly Leixlip, County Kildare Ireland 43 140 1740 53°22′10″N 6°33′36″W / 53.369412°N 6.559868°W / 53.369412; -6.559868
Killiney Hill Obelisk Killiney, County Dublin Ireland 1742 53°15′56″N 6°06′43″W / 53.265569°N 6.111837°W / 53.265569; -6.111837
Mamhead obelisk Mamhead United Kingdom 30 100 1742–1745 50°37′00″N 3°31′14″W / 50.616542°N 3.520563°W / 50.616542; -3.520563 An aid to shipping.[2]
Umberslade Obelisk Umberslade Hall, Nuthurst, Warwickshire United Kingdom 21 70 1749 52°20′32″N 1°47′17″W / 52.342306°N 1.787969°W / 52.342306; -1.787969
General Wolfe's Obelisk Stowe School, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom 1754 52°02′32″N 1°01′04″W / 52.042261°N 1.017686°W / 52.042261; -1.017686
Montreal Park Obelisk Riverhead, Sevenoaks, Kent United Kingdom 1761 51°16′29″N 0°09′59″E / 51.274666°N 0.166262°E / 51.274666; 0.166262 Lord Jeffery Amherst's Obelisk.[3]
St George's Circus Obelisk St George's Circus, London United Kingdom 1771 51°29′55″N 0°06′17″W / 51.498707°N 0.104747°W / 51.498707; -0.104747 Obelisk by Robert Mylne.
Kagul Obelisk Tsarskoe Selo Russia 1772 59°42′52″N 30°23′32″E / 59.714348°N 30.392089°E / 59.714348; 30.392089
Mautpyramide Marktbreit Germany 10 33 1773 49°37′18″N 10°06′58″E / 49.621530°N 10.116155°E / 49.621530; 10.116155 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) Gatchina Russia 1775 59°34′01″N 30°06′17″E / 59.567062°N 30.104832°E / 59.567062; 30.104832
Liberty Memorial, Copenhagen Vesterbrogade, Copenhagen Denmark 20 66 1788 55°40′27″N 12°33′48″E / 55.6742°N 12.5633°E / 55.6742; 12.5633 Erected in memory of the peasant reforms in 1788 which led to the abolition of adscription (Danish: Stavnsbåndet).
Villa Medici Rome Italy 1790 41°54′32″N 12°28′59″E / 41.908843°N 12.483178°E / 41.908843; 12.483178 A 19th-century copy of the Egyptian obelisk moved to the Boboli Gardens in Florence
Obelisk Fountain James St., Dublin Ireland 1790 53°20′36″N 6°17′25″W / 53.343290°N 6.290279°W / 53.343290; -6.290279
Summerhill Obelisk Dangan Castle Ireland 1790 53°30′43″N 6°44′54″W / 53.512054°N 6.748462°W / 53.512054; -6.748462 Restored and repaired to its original height in 2014 with the original brick and other materials.
Constable Obelisk Gatchina Palace, Gatchina Russia 1793 59°33′36″N 30°06′47″E / 59.560129°N 30.113045°E / 59.560129; 30.113045
Moore-Vallotton Incident marker Wexford Ireland 1793 52°20′25″N 6°28′19″W / 52.340274°N 6.471940°W / 52.340274; -6.471940 [4]
Rumyantsev Obelisk St Petersburg Russia 21 70 1799 59°56′18″N 30°17′33″E / 59.938440°N 30.292509°E / 59.938440; 30.292509
Obelisk at Slottsbacken Stockholm Sweden 30 98 1800 59°19′33″N 18°04′17″E / 59.325871°N 18.071507°E / 59.325871; 18.071507 Dismantled in 2017 and rebuilt in 2020.[5]

19th century

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Obelisk name Image Location Country Elevation Completed Coordinates Notes
m ft
Nelson memorial Springfield Park Liverpool, England United Kingdom circa 1805 53°25′06″N 02°53′54″W / 53.41833°N 2.89833°W / 53.41833; -2.89833 Erected to the memory of Admiral Lord Nelson[6]
Nelson Monument Portsmouth Harbour United Kingdom 37 120 1808 50°51′38″N 1°08′03″W / 50.86056°N 1.13417°W / 50.86056; -1.13417
St. Emmeram's Palace Obelisk Regensburg, Bavaria Germany circa 1810 49°00′57.07″N 12°05′32.68″E / 49.0158528°N 12.0924111°E / 49.0158528; 12.0924111
Wandersmann Hofheim am Taunus Germany 11 36 1813 50°03′23″N 8°23′02″E / 50.05639°N 8.38389°E / 50.05639; 8.38389 [1]
Constitution Obelisk St. Augustine, Florida United States 1814 29°53′35.38″N 81°18′15.53″W / 29.8931611°N 81.3043139°W / 29.8931611; -81.3043139 In commemoration of the Spanish Constitution of 1812
Brightling Needle Brightling, East Sussex United Kingdom 20 65 circa 1815 50°57′57.96″N 0°22′37.25″E / 50.9661000°N 0.3770139°E / 50.9661000; 0.3770139 [7]
Patriots' Grave, Old Burying Ground Arlington, Massachusetts United States 1818 42°24′58″N 71°09′31″W / 42.41611°N 71.15861°W / 42.41611; -71.15861
George IV Monument Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin Ireland 1823 53°17′37.72″N 6°07′54.44″W / 53.2938111°N 6.1317889°W / 53.2938111; -6.1317889
Blantyre Monument Erskine, Renfrewshire United Kingdom 24 80 circa 1825 55°54′56.54″N 4°29′45.29″W / 55.9157056°N 4.4959139°W / 55.9157056; -4.4959139 [8]
Workers Monument Grochów, Warsaw Poland 1825 52°14′45.81″N 21°04′35.32″E / 52.2460583°N 21.0764778°E / 52.2460583; 21.0764778
Lublin Union Monument Lublin Poland 13 43 1826 51°14′53.39″N 22°33′37.2″E / 51.2481639°N 22.560333°E / 51.2481639; 22.560333 [9]
Captain Cook's Monument Easby Moor, Great Ayton, North Yorkshire United Kingdom 15.5 51 1827 54°28′58.88″N 1°05′26.95″W / 54.4830222°N 1.0908194°W / 54.4830222; -1.0908194 [10]
Groton Monument Fort Griswold, Groton, Connecticut United States 41 135 1830 41°21′18″N 72°4′46″W / 41.35500°N 72.07944°W / 41.35500; -72.07944 [11]
Bunker Hill Monument Charlestown, Massachusetts United States 67 221 1827-43 42°22′35″N 71°03′41″W / 42.37639°N 71.06139°W / 42.37639; -71.06139 [12]
Spencer Monument Blata l-Bajda Malta 1831
(relocated 1893)		 35°53′17″N 14°29′53″E / 35.88806°N 14.49806°E / 35.88806; 14.49806 [13]
Obelisk in Odinslund Uppsala Sweden 1832 59°51′25″N 17°37′56″E / 59.85694°N 17.63222°E / 59.85694; 17.63222 In memory of king Gustav II Adolf, donated by king Charles XIV John.[14]
Thomas Jefferson Obelisk, Monticello Charlottesville, Virginia United States 1833 38°00′37″N 78°27′08″W / 38.01028°N 78.45222°W / 38.01028; -78.45222 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.[15]
Munich obelisk Munich Germany 29 95 1833 48°08′41″N 11°34′09″E / 48.144699°N 11.569167°E / 48.144699; 11.569167
Obelisk of Lions, Copou Park Iași Romania 13.5 44 1834 47°10′43″N 27°34′01″E / 47.17851°N 27.56691°E / 47.17851; 27.56691 [16]
Villa Torlonia Rome Italy 1842 41°54′50″N 12°30′43″E / 41.91389°N 12.51194°E / 41.91389; 12.51194 Two obelisks
Obelisk of Piazza Gioberti Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna Italy 1842 44°42′0″N 10°38′0″E / 44.70000°N 10.63333°E / 44.70000; 10.63333 Commemorates marriage of Francis V, Duke of Modena to princess Adelgunde of Bavaria
Rutherford's Monument Anwoth, Scotland United Kingdom 1842 54°52′37.71″N 4°12′10.39″W / 54.8771417°N 4.2028861°W / 54.8771417; -4.2028861 A memorial to Samuel Rutherford[17]
Political Martyrs' Monument Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom 27 90 1844 55°57′12″N 3°11′9″W / 55.95333°N 3.18583°W / 55.95333; -3.18583 [18]
Lansdowne Monument Wiltshire, England United Kingdom 38 125 1845 51°25′22″N 1°55′58″W / 51.4228°N 1.9327°W / 51.4228; -1.9327 Erected by the 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne to commemorate Sir William Petty.[19]
The Obelisk Newcastle, New South Wales Australia 1850 32°55′55.06″S 151°46′43.8″E / 32.9319611°S 151.778833°E / -32.9319611; 151.778833
Wellington Monument Wellington, Somerset United Kingdom 53 175 1854 50°56′53″N 3°13′45″W / 50.9480°N 3.2293°W / 50.9480; -3.2293 [20]
Cape Dombey Obelisk
Robe, South Australia Australia 12 39 1855 37°9′23″S 139°44′37″E / 37.15639°S 139.74361°E / -37.15639; 139.74361
Stoodley Pike Monument Todmorden, West Yorkshire United Kingdom 37 121 1856 53°42′51″N 2°2′33″W / 53.71417°N 2.04250°W / 53.71417; -2.04250 [21]
Hyde Park Obelisk Sydney, New South Wales Australia 22 72 1857 33°52′29″S 151°12′36″E / 33.87472°S 151.21000°E / -33.87472; 151.21000 [22]
Herndon Monument Annapolis, Maryland United States 6.4 21 1860 38°58′56″N 76°29′09″W / 38.9823°N 76.4859°W / 38.9823; -76.4859 Erected by the US Naval Academy to commemorate the loss of William Lewis Herndon.
Obelisk of Fontenoy Fontenoy, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté France 1860 47°38′35.57″N 3°18′44.82″E / 47.6432139°N 3.3124500°E / 47.6432139; 3.3124500
Wellington Monument Phoenix Park, Dublin Ireland 62 203 1861 53°20′57″N 6°18′11″W / 53.34908°N 6.303116°W / 53.34908; -6.303116 The tallest in Europe.
Prince of Wales' Obelisk Port Elizabeth South Africa 33°58′39.86″S 25°38′57.49″E / 33.9777389°S 25.6493028°E / -33.9777389; 25.6493028 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]
Lincoln Tomb Springfield, Illinois United States 36 117 1865 39°49′24″N 89°39′21″W / 39.82333°N 89.65583°W / 39.82333; -89.65583 [23]
Tyndale Monument North Nibley, Gloucestershire United Kingdom 34 111 1866 51°39′32″N 2°22′21″W / 51.658888°N 2.372623°W / 51.658888; -2.372623
Treue der Union Monument Comfort, Texas United States 1866 29°58′11″N 98°54′50″W / 29.969782°N 98.913848°W / 29.969782; -98.913848
Nicholson's Obelisk Margalla Hills, Rawalpindi–Islamabad Pakistan 12 40 1868 33°42′11.12″N 72°49′29.4″E / 33.7030889°N 72.824833°E / 33.7030889; 72.824833 [24]
Hamilton Monument Skerries, Dublin Ireland 1870 53°34′50.47″N 6°06′25.3″E / 53.5806861°N 6.107028°E / 53.5806861; 6.107028
Captain Cook Obelisk Kurnell, New South Wales Australia 1870 34°00′17″S 151°13′03″E / 34.004667°S 151.217556°E / -34.004667; 151.217556 [25]
Obelisk of April's Peace San José de Mayo, San José Uruguay 1873 34°20′22.32″S 56°42′49.84″W / 34.3395333°S 56.7138444°W / -34.3395333; -56.7138444
Dauphin County Veteran's Memorial Obelisk Harrisburg, Pennsylvania United States 34 110 1876 40°15′47″N 76°53′13″W / 40.26304°N 76.88681°W / 40.26304; -76.88681 [26]
Washington Monument Washington, D.C. United States 169 555 1884 38°53′22″N 77°02′07″W / 38.889482°N 77.035276°W / 38.889482; -77.035276 [27]
Oriskany Battlefield monument Rome, New York United States 1884 43°10′7″N 75°22′8″W / 43.16861°N 75.36889°W / 43.16861; -75.36889 [28]
Monument to the Restorers Restauradores Square, Lisbon Portugal 15 48 1886 38°42′57″N 9°8′30″W / 38.71583°N 9.14167°W / 38.71583; -9.14167 Erected to celebrate the victory in the Portuguese Restoration War (1640–1668).
Ludwig van Beethoven's grave Vienna Central Cemetery Austria 1888 48°09′07″N 16°26′24″E / 48.15194°N 16.44000°E / 48.15194; 16.44000
Bennington Battle Monument Bennington, Vermont United States 92 or 93 301 or 306 1889 42°53′21″N 73°12′57″W / 42.88917°N 73.21583°W / 42.88917; -73.21583 [29]
Monolith "The Obelisk" Villalar de los Comuneros, Castile and León Spain 1889 41°33′00″N 5°08′19″W / 41.550044°N 5.138741°W / 41.550044; -5.138741
Dalhousie Obelisk Raffles Place, Central Area Singapore 1891 1°17′15″N 103°51′8″E / 1.28750°N 103.85222°E / 1.28750; 103.85222 [30]
The Obelisk, Penn State University University Park, Pennsylvania United States 1896 40°47′43″N 77°51′48″W / 40.79528°N 77.86333°W / 40.79528; -77.86333
Confederate War Memorial Dallas, Texas United States 1896 32°46′32″N 96°47′59″W / 32.77556°N 96.79972°W / 32.77556; -96.79972 [31]
Obelisk Anspach Brussels Belgium 1897 50°51′12.95″N 4°20′48.72″E / 50.8535972°N 4.3468667°E / 50.8535972; 4.3468667

20th century

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Obelisk name Image Location Country Elevation Completed Coordinates Notes
m ft
William Dudley Chipley Memorial Plaza Ferdinand VII, Pensacola, Florida United States 1901 30°24′31.7″N 87°12′50.24″W / 30.408806°N 87.2139556°W / 30.408806; -87.2139556
Sergeant Floyd Monument Sioux City, Iowa United States 30 100 1901 42°27′45″N 96°22′39″W / 42.46250°N 96.37750°W / 42.46250; -96.37750 [32]
Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial South Royalton, Vermont United States 15 50 1905 43°49′26″N 72°28′21″W / 43.823797°N 72.472444°W / 43.823797; -72.472444 [33]: 118 
McKinley Monument Niagara Square, Buffalo, New York United States 29 96 1907 42°53′11″N 78°52′41″W / 42.88639°N 78.87806°W / 42.88639; -78.87806 [34]
The Veterans' Monument Elizabethton, Tennessee United States 1904 36°20′55″N 82°12′38″W / 36.348659°N 82.210544°W / 36.348659; -82.210544 Dedicated to American Civil War veterans from Carter County, Tennessee.
Samuel Smith Monument Sefton Park, Liverpool United Kingdom 1909 53°23′09.67″N 02°56′43.08″W / 53.3860194°N 2.9453000°W / 53.3860194; -2.9453000 Designed by C.J. Allen as a memorial to local MP and philanthropist. Granite, with bronze plaques.[35]
Finn's Point National Cemetery Pennsville Township, New Jersey United States 26 85 1910 39°36′42″N 75°33′22″W / 39.611729°N 75.556102°W / 39.611729; -75.556102 Erected by the U.S. government in 1910 to memorialize Confederate soldiers buried at the cemetery.
Coronation Memorial Coronation Park, Delhi India 28°43′23″N 77°11′49″E / 28.723046°N 77.196819°E / 28.723046; 77.196819 To commemorate the founding of New Delhi in 1911 followed by other obelisks around the Rashtrapati Bhavan
Victory Memorial Fort Recovery, Ohio United States 31 101 1913 40°24′48″N 84°46′33″W / 40.413232°N 84.775819°W / 40.413232; -84.775819 [36]
Rizal Monument Luneta Park, Manila Philippines 12.7 42 1913 14°34′54″N 120°58′36″E / 14.581669°N 120.976694°E / 14.581669; 120.976694 built to commemorate the executed Filipino nationalist, José Rizal.
National Women's Monument Bloemfontein South Africa 1913 29°08′30″S 26°12′30″E / 29.1416°S 26.2083°E / -29.1416; 26.2083 [37]
Ozark Trail Various locations including Stroud, Oklahoma, Farwell, Dimmitt, Wellington, and Tulia, Texas United States 1913 Formerly a series of 21 obelisks
PAX Memorial Walmer, Port Elizabeth South Africa 6 20 1919 33°58′28″S 25°34′29″E / 33.974379°S 25.574855°E / -33.974379; 25.574855 A World War I memorial to local fallen soldiers.[38]
Dover Patrol Monument St Margaret's at Cliffe United Kingdom 23 75 1919 51°9′24.71″N 1°23′33.55″E / 51.1568639°N 1.3926528°E / 51.1568639; 1.3926528 Erected to honour Dover Patrol.
Flagler Monument Flagler Monument Island, Miami Beach, Florida United States 34 110 1920 25°47′07″N 80°09′10″W / 25.785181°N 80.152742°W / 25.785181; -80.152742 [39]
Dover Patrol Monument Cap Blanc-Nez, Sangatte/Escalles France 23 75 1922 50°55′29.42″N 1°42′35.57″E / 50.9248389°N 1.7098806°E / 50.9248389; 1.7098806 Erected to honour Dover Patrol.
Southport War Memorial London Square, Southport, Lancashire, England United Kingdom 20.6 67.5 1923 53°38′55″N 3°00′16″W / 53.648670°N 3.004326°W / 53.648670; -3.004326
Veterans Memorial Plaza Indiana World War Memorial Plaza, Indianapolis, Indiana United States 30 100 1923 39°46′25″N 86°9′25″W / 39.77361°N 86.15694°W / 39.77361; -86.15694 [40]
Jefferson Davis Monument Fairview, Kentucky United States 107 351 1924 36°50′31″N 87°18′01″W / 36.842078°N 87.300286°W / 36.842078; -87.300286 Commemorating the birthplace
of the President
of the Confederate States of America
Boer War Monument King's Domain, Melbourne, Victoria Australia 23 75 1924 37°50′00″S 144°58′20″E / 37.833406°S 144.972259°E / -37.833406; 144.972259 [2] (dismantled?) [41]
Camp Merritt Memorial Monument Cresskill, New Jersey United States 20 66 1924 40°56′28″N 73°58′37″W / 40.941102°N 73.976831°W / 40.941102; -73.976831 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 Queens Domain, Hobart, Tasmania Australia 23 75 1925 42°52′40″S 147°20′12″E / 42.877820°S 147.336552°E / -42.877820; 147.336552 A World War I memorial[42]
The Big Red Apple Cornelia, Georgia United States 2.4 8 1925 34°30′42″N 83°31′36″W / 34.511667°N 83.526601°W / 34.511667; -83.526601 A short square obelisk with the world's largest apple on top stands[43]
Prague Castle Obelisk
(or Monolith from Mrákotín)		 Prague Castle, Prague Czech Republic 15.42 50.6 1930 50°5′25″N 14°24′1″E / 50.09028°N 14.40028°E / 50.09028; 14.40028
Obelisk of Montevideo
(or Obelisco a los Constituyentes de 1830)		 Parque Batlle, Montevideo Uruguay 40 130 1930 34°53′51″S 56°09′52″W / 34.8975°S 56.1644°W / -34.8975; -56.1644 [44]
High Point Monument High Point, Montague, New Jersey United States 67 220 1930 41°19′15″N 74°39′42″W / 41.32083°N 74.66167°W / 41.32083; -74.66167 Located on top of New Jersey's highest point, 550 m (1,803 ft) above sea level.
Dover Patrol Monument John Paul Jones Park, Brooklyn United States 23 75 1931 40°36′41.18″N 74°2′3.01″W / 40.6114389°N 74.0341694°W / 40.6114389; -74.0341694 Erected to honour Dover Patrol.
Foro Italico Lungotevere Maresciallo Diaz, Rome Italy 1932 41°55′55″N 12°27′32″E / 41.93194°N 12.45889°E / 41.93194; 12.45889 Erected to honour Benito Mussolini.
Paterson Monument Windmill Point, George Town, Tasmania Australia 1935 41°06′35″S 146°49′01″E / 41.109591°S 146.817043°E / -41.109591; 146.817043 Erected to commemorate the 1804 landing of William Paterson (explorer).[45]
Gefallenendenkmal Mühlbach Eppingen, Baden-Württemberg Germany 24 79 1935 49°05′39″N 8°54′20″E / 49.09417°N 8.90556°E / 49.09417; 8.90556
Obelisk of Buenos Aires San Nicolás, Buenos Aires Argentina 71.5 235 1936 34°36′13″S 58°22′54″W / 34.60361°S 58.38167°W / -34.60361; -58.38167
Trujillo Obelisk Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 42 137 1937 18°27′53″N 69°53′38″W / 18.464602°N 69.893933°W / 18.464602; -69.893933
War Memorial Floriana Malta 1938 35°53′37″N 14°30′29″E / 35.89361°N 14.50806°E / 35.89361; 14.50806 [46]
San Jacinto Monument La Porte, Texas United States 172.92 567.3 1939 29°45′00″N 95°04′51″W / 29.749886°N 95.080716°W / 29.749886; -95.080716 [47]
Trylon and Perisphere 1939 New York World's Fair, Flushing, New York United States 190 620 1939 40°44′47″N 73°50′42″W / 40.7463°N 73.8451°W / 40.7463; -73.8451 Not a true obelisk, but an art deco variant.
Maungakiekie Obelisk One Tree Hill, Auckland New Zealand 1940 36°54′00″S 174°46′59″E / 36.900105°S 174.783187°E / -36.900105; 174.783187 [48]
Victory Monument Bangkok Thailand 1941 13°45′53″N 100°32′19″E / 13.76472°N 100.53861°E / 13.76472; 100.53861 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 Altamira, Caracas Venezuela 1944 10°29′47″N 66°50′56″W / 10.49639°N 66.84889°W / 10.49639; -66.84889
Banská Bystrica Obelisk Banská Bystrica Slovakia 1945 48°44′06″N 19°08′41″E / 48.735057°N 19.144648°E / 48.735057; 19.144648 Commemorates the soldiers of the Red Army and those of the Romanian Army who fell while liberating the town.
Monument to the Fallen Santa Cruz de Tenerife Spain 25 82 1947 28°28′0.2″N 16°14′49.6″W / 28.466722°N 16.247111°W / 28.466722; -16.247111
Cenotaph on Leinster Lawn Leinster House, Dublin Ireland 18.28 60.0 1950 53°20′26″N 6°15′14″W / 53.34055°N 6.254021°W / 53.34055; -6.254021 Erected to commemorate the memories of Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins and Kevin O'Higgins;[49] and replaced an earlier temporary cenotaph, erected in 1923.[50]
Lucas Gusher Obelisk Beaumont, Texas United States 1951 30°02′01″N 94°04′45″W / 30.033540°N 94.079137°W / 30.033540; -94.079137 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 Surabaya Indonesia 41.15 135.0 1952 7°14′46″S 112°44′15″E / 7.24611°S 112.73750°E / -7.24611; 112.73750 Commemorate the events of November 10, 1945, at the Battle of Surabaya
1947–1949 Palestine war Memorial Safed Israel 32°58′06″N 35°29′44″E / 32.968302°N 35.495448°E / 32.968302; 35.495448
Obelisk of São Paulo São Paulo Brazil 72 236 1954 23°35′5″S 46°39′17″W / 23.58472°S 46.65472°W / -23.58472; -46.65472 [51]
Obelisks outside the Palace of Culture and Science Warsaw Poland 1955 52°13′50″N 21°00′32″E / 52.230601°N 21.008772°E / 52.230601; 21.008772
Monument to the abolition of slavery
(Monumento a la abolición de la esclavitud)		 Abolition Park, Ponce Puerto Rico 30 100 1956 18°00′21″N 66°36′46″W / 18.00583°N 66.61278°W / 18.00583; -66.61278 [52]
Obelisk of La Paz La Paz Bolivia 16°29′55″S 68°08′06″W / 16.49861°S 68.13500°W / -16.49861; -68.13500
Demidovsky Pillar Tsentralny City District, Barnaul, Altai Krai Russia 14 46 53°19′43.8″N 83°47′3.6″E / 53.328833°N 83.784333°E / 53.328833; 83.784333
Victory Obelisk
(Poklonnaya Hill Obelisk)		 Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow Russia 141.8 465 1995 [3] 55°43′54″N 37°30′25″E / 55.731682°N 37.506943°E / 55.731682; 37.506943 [53]
Monument to the Conquerors of Space Moscow Russia 107 351 1964 55°49′21″N 37°38′23″E / 55.822508°N 37.639600°E / 55.822508; 37.639600
Bayonet-Obelisk of the War Memorial Brest Fortress, Brest Belarus 100 330 1971 52°04′58″N 23°39′25″E / 52.082887°N 23.656834°E / 52.082887; 23.656834 [54]
Trinity Nuclear Test Site Obelisk Jornada del Muerto, Socorro, New Mexico United States 3.7 12 33°40′38″N 106°28′31″W / 33.677285°N 106.475380°W / 33.677285; -106.475380 The location of the first atomic bomb explosion.[55]
Iglica Wroclaw Poland 90 300 1948 51°06′27″N 17°04′32″E / 51.107543°N 17.075417°E / 51.107543; 17.075417 original height 106 metres
Cairn to mark the Geographic Centre of North America Rugby, North Dakota United States 4.6 15 1971 48°21′16″N 99°59′53″W / 48.354440°N 99.998090°W / 48.354440; -99.998090 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 15 miles (24 km) for the location of the cairn.[56]
Pirulito da Praça Sete Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais Brazil 19°55′09″S 43°56′19″W / 19.919101°S 43.938635°W / -19.919101; -43.938635
Oregon Trail Boise, Idaho United States 21 obelisks that mark the trail.[57][58]
Islamic Summit Minar Lahore, Punjab Pakistan 47 155 1974 31°33′37″N 74°19′30″E / 31.560304°N 74.324988°E / 31.560304; 74.324988 An obelisk-shape structure built to commemorate the Organisation of Islamic Conference.
Luxor Hotel Las Vegas, Nevada United States 36°05′44″N 115°10′24″W / 36.095488°N 115.173322°W / 36.095488; -115.173322 The obelisk stands in front of the hotel, a pyramid-shaped hotel along The Strip
Endicott, Triple Cities, New York United States 1975 An obelisk stands in front of radio talk show host Clint Ferro's boyhood home[citation needed]
Monumen Nasional Merdeka Square, Jakarta Indonesia 137 449 1975 6°10′31″S 106°49′38″E / 6.175402°S 106.827133°E / -6.175402; 106.827133 Symbolizing the fight for the independence of Indonesia
Juche Tower Pyongyang North Korea 170 560 1982 39°01′03″N 125°45′49″E / 39.017610°N 125.763634°E / 39.017610; 125.763634
Leningrad Hero City Obelisk Vosstaniya Square, Saint Petersburg Russia 36 118 1985 59°55′51″N 30°21′43″E / 59.930932°N 30.361836°E / 59.930932; 30.361836
Minsk Hero City Obelisk Victors Avenue, Minsk Belarus 45 148 1985 53°54′57″N 27°32′17″E / 53.915905°N 27.538141°E / 53.915905; 27.538141
1948 Arab–Israeli War Memorial Ad Halom, Ashdod Israel 31°46′55″N 34°39′59″E / 31.781916°N 34.666449°E / 31.781916; 34.666449 Memorial to Egypt's fallen soldiers[59]
Avis Obelisk Avis Farms Office Park, Pittsfield Township, Michigan United States 1998 42°12′47″N 83°44′46″W / 42.213080°N 83.746073°W / 42.213080; -83.746073
Bahá'í House of Worship Bahá'í World Centre buildings, Mount Carmel, Haifa Israel 1971 32°49′22″N 34°58′33″E / 32.822766°N 34.975708°E / 32.822766; 34.975708 Marking the site of the future Bahá'í House of Worship.
Independence Monument Obelisk Maha Bandula Park, Yangon Myanmar 16°46′23″N 96°09′34″E / 16.773145°N 96.159495°E / 16.773145; 96.159495 [60]

21st century

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Obelisk name Image Location Country Elevation Completed Coordinates Notes
m ft
Spire of Dublin Dublin Ireland 120 390 2003 53°20′59″N 6°15′37″W / 53.349814°N 6.260254°W / 53.349814; -6.260254
Capas National Shrine Tarlac province Philippines 70 230 2003 15°20′56″N 120°32′43″E / 15.34891°N 120.545246°E / 15.34891; 120.545246 [citation needed]
Kolonna Eterna San Gwann Malta 6 20 2003 35°54′35″N 14°28′36″E / 35.90972°N 14.47667°E / 35.90972; 14.47667 Egyptian obelisk by Paul Vella Critien[61]
Colonna Mediterranea Luqa Malta 3.0 10 2006 35°51′38″N 14°29′3″E / 35.86056°N 14.48417°E / 35.86056; 14.48417 Abstract art by Paul Vella Critien[62]
Plaza Salcedo Obelisk Vigan, Ilocos Sur Philippines 17°34′31″N 120°23′15″E / 17.57528°N 120.38750°E / 17.57528; 120.38750
Colony Park Monument Ridgeland, Mississippi United States 58 190 32°26′49″N 90°08′47″W / 32.447081°N 90.146352°W / 32.447081; -90.146352 cellphone tower in shape of Washington Monument
Cyclisk Santa Rosa, California United States 20 65 38°25′35″N 122°42′49″W / 38.426463°N 122.713655°W / 38.426463; -122.713655 Made of 340 bicycles[63]
Obelisco Novecento Rome Italy 2004 41°49′23″N 12°27′55″E / 41.822928°N 12.465325°E / 41.822928; 12.465325 Sculpture by Arnaldo Pomodoro[citation needed]
Armed Forces Memorial National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire United Kingdom 2007 52°43′39″N 1°43′39″W / 52.727428°N 1.7274395°W / 52.727428; -1.7274395
Caja Madrid Obelisk Madrid Spain 92 302 2009 40°27′58″N 3°41′22″W / 40.466028°N 3.689348°W / 40.466028; -3.689348
Särkynyt lyhty Tornio, Lapland Finland 9 30 65°50′47″N 24°09′09″E / 65.846379°N 24.152498°E / 65.846379; 24.152498 Made of stainless steel[citation needed]
Agostinho Neto Memorial Luanda Angola 120 390 2012 8°49′25″S 13°13′08″E / 8.823684°S 13.218869°E / -8.823684; 13.218869
Oregon World War II Memorial Salem, Oregon United States 2014 44°56′22″N 123°01′59″W / 44.939509°N 123.033047°W / 44.939509; -123.033047
Human rights obelisk Brussels Belgium 12 39 2018 50°52′08″N 4°20′40″E / 50.868850°N 4.344555°E / 50.868850; 4.344555 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.[64]

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