List of modern obelisks

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

(Listed in date order)

17th century
Obelisk name Image Location Country Elevation Completed Coordinates Notes
m ft
Fontaine des
Quatre Dauphins		Aix-en-ProvenceFrance166743°31′35″N 5°26′44″E

18th century
Obelisk name Image Location Country Elevation Completed Coordinates Notes
m ft
Market Square obeliskRiponUnited Kingdom24 80170254°08′11″N 1°31′25″WThe first large scale obelisk in Britain.[1]
Stillorgan ObeliskStillorgan, DublinIreland30 100172753°17′12″N 6°10′53″W
Umberslade ObeliskUmberslade Hall, Nuthurst, WarwickshireUnited Kingdom21 70174952°20′32″N 1°47′17″W
St Luke ChurchLondonUnited Kingdomcirca 1727–33. Spire by Nicholas Hawksmoor51°31′31″N 0°05′39″W
Queen Anne ObeliskWentworth Castle, YorkshireEngland173453°31′19″N 1°30′03″WDesigned by James Gibbs for Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
Boyne ObeliskOldbridge, County LouthIreland53 174173653°43′31″N 6°25′00″WErected 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 ObeliskBathUnited Kingdom15 49173851°23′00″N 2°21′49″W
Conolly's FollyLeixlip, County KildareIreland43 140174053°22′10″N 6°33′36″W
Killiney Hill ObeliskKilliney, County DublinIreland174253°15′56″N 6°06′43″W
Mamhead obeliskMamheadUnited Kingdom30 1001742–174550°37′00″N 3°31′14″WAn aid to shipping.[2]
General Wolfe's ObeliskStowe School, BuckinghamshireUnited Kingdom175452°02′32″N 1°01′04″W
Montreal Park ObeliskRiverhead, Sevenoaks, KentUnited Kingdom176151°16′29″N 0°09′59″ELord Jeffery Amherst's Obelisk.[3]
St George's Circus ObeliskSt George's Circus, LondonUnited Kingdom177151°29′55″N 0°06′17″WObelisk by Robert Mylne.
Kagul ObeliskTsarskoe SeloRussia177259°42′52″N 30°23′32″E
MautpyramideMarktbreitGermany10 33177349°37′18″N 10°06′58″Emarked 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 3rd, 2010 next to the road
Chesma Obelisk(ru)GatchinaRussia177559°34′01″N 30°06′17″E
Liberty Memorial, CopenhagenVesterbrogade, CopenhagenDenmark20 66178855°40′27″N 12°33′48″EErected in memory of the peasant reforms in 1788 which led to the abolition of adscription (Danish: Stavnsbåndet).
Villa MediciRomeItaly179041°54′32″N 12°28′59″EA 19th-century copy of the Egyptian obelisk moved to the Boboli Gardens in Florence
Obelisk FountainJames St., DublinIreland179053°20′36″N 6°17′25″W
Summerhill Obelisk Dangan Castle Ireland 1790 53°30′43″N 6°44′54″W Restored and repaired to its original height in 2014 with the original brick and other materials.
Constable ObeliskGatchina Palace, GatchinaRussia179359°33′36″N 30°06′47″E
Moore-Vallotton Incident markerWexfordIreland179352°20′25″N 6°28′19″W[4]
Rumyantsev ObeliskSt PetersburgRussia21 70179959°56′18″N 30°17′33″E
Obelisk at SlottsbackenStockholmSweden30 98180059°19′33″N 18°04′17″EDismantled in 2017 and rebuilt in 2020.[5]

19th century
Obelisk name Image Location Country Elevation Completed Coordinates Notes
m ft
Nelson memorialSpringfield Park Liverpool, EnglandUnited Kingdomcirca 180553°25′06″N 02°53′54″WErected to the memory of Admiral Lord Nelson[6]
Nelson MonumentPortsmouth HarbourUnited Kingdom37 120180850°51′38″N 1°08′03″W
St. Emmeram's Palace ObeliskRegensburg, BavariaGermanycirca 181049°00′57.07″N 12°05′32.68″E
WandersmannHofheim am TaunusGermany11 36181350°03′23″N 8°23′02″E
Constitution ObeliskSt. Augustine, FloridaUnited States181429°53′35.38″N 81°18′15.53″WIn commemoration of the Spanish Constitution of 1812
Brightling NeedleBrightling, East SussexUnited Kingdom20 65circa 181550°57′57.96″N 0°22′37.25″E[7]
Patriots' Grave, Old Burying GroundArlington, MassachusettsUnited States181842°24′58″N 71°09′31″W
George IV MonumentDún Laoghaire, County DublinIreland182353°17′37.72″N 6°07′54.44″W
Blantyre MonumentErskine, RenfrewshireUnited Kingdom24 80circa 182555°54′56.54″N 4°29′45.29″W[8]
Workers Monument Grochów, Warsaw Poland 1825 52°14′45.81″N 21°04′35.32″E
Lublin Union Monument Lublin Poland 13 43 1826 51°14′53.39″N 22°33′37.2″E [9]
Captain Cook's MonumentEasby Moor, Great Ayton, North YorkshireUnited Kingdom15.5 51182754°28′58.88″N 1°05′26.95″W[10]
Groton MonumentFort Griswold, Groton, ConnecticutUnited States41 135183041°21′18″N 72°4′46″W[11]
Bunker Hill MonumentCharlestown, MassachusettsUnited States67 2211827-4342°22′35″N 71°03′41″W[12]
Spencer MonumentBlata l-BajdaMalta1831
(relocated 1893)		35°53′17″N 14°29′53″E[13]
Obelisk in OdinslundUppsalaSweden183259°51′25″N 17°37′56″EIn memory of king Gustav II Adolf, donated by king Charles XIV John.[14]
Thomas Jefferson Obelisk, MonticelloCharlottesville, VirginiaUnited States183338°00′37″N 78°27′08″WErected 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 obeliskMunichGermany29 95183348°08′41″N 11°34′09″E
Obelisk of Lions, Copou ParkIașiRomania13.5 44183447°10′43″N 27°34′01″E[16]
Villa TorloniaRomeItaly184241°54′50″N 12°30′43″ETwo obelisks
Obelisk of Piazza GiobertiReggio Emilia, Emilia-RomagnaItaly184244°42′0″N 10°38′0″ECommemorates marriage of Francis V, Duke of Modena to princess Adelgunde of Bavaria
Rutherford's MonumentAnwoth, ScotlandUnited Kingdom184254°52′37.71″N 4°12′10.39″WA memorial to Samuel Rutherford[17]
Political Martyrs' MonumentCalton Hill, Edinburgh, ScotlandUnited Kingdom27 90184455°57′12″N 3°11′9″W[18]
Lansdowne MonumentWiltshire, EnglandUnited Kingdom38 125184551°25′22″N 1°55′58″WErected by the 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne to commemorate Sir William Petty.[19]
The ObeliskNewcastle, New South WalesAustralia185032°55′55.06″S 151°46′43.8″E
Wellington MonumentWellington, SomersetUnited Kingdom53 175185450°56′53″N 3°13′45″W[20]
Stoodley Pike MonumentTodmorden, West YorkshireUnited Kingdom37 121185653°42′51″N 2°2′33″W[21]
Hyde Park ObeliskSydney, New South WalesAustralia22 72185733°52′29″S 151°12′36″E[22]
Herndon MonumentAnnapolis, MarylandUnited States6.4 21186038°58′56″N 76°29′09″WErected by the US Naval Academy to commemorate the loss of William Lewis Herndon.
Obelisk of FontenoyFontenoy, Bourgogne-Franche-ComtéFrance186047°38′35.57″N 3°18′44.82″E
Wellington MonumentPhoenix Park, DublinIreland62 203186153°20′57″N 6°18′11″WThe tallest in Europe.
Prince of Wales' ObeliskPort ElizabethSouth Africa33°58′39.86″S 25°38′57.49″EIntended 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.
Lincoln TombSpringfield, IllinoisUnited States36 117186539°49′24″N 89°39′21″W[23]
Tyndale MonumentNorth Nibley, GloucestershireUnited Kingdom34 111186651°39′32″N 2°22′21″W
Treue der Union MonumentComfort, TexasUnited States186629°58′11″N 98°54′50″W
Nicholson's ObeliskMargalla Hills, Rawalpindi–IslamabadPakistan12 40186833°42′11.12″N 72°49′29.4″E[24]
Hamilton Monument Skerries, Dublin Ireland 1870 53°34′50.47″N 6°06′25.3″E
Captain Cook ObeliskKurnell, New South WalesAustralia187034°00′17″S 151°13′03″E[25]
Obelisk of April's PeaceSan José de Mayo, San JoséUruguay187334°20′22.32″S 56°42′49.84″W
Dauphin County Veteran's Memorial ObeliskHarrisburg, PennsylvaniaUnited States34 110187640°15′47″N 76°53′13″W[26]
Washington MonumentWashington, D.C.United States169 555188438°53′22″N 77°02′07″W[27]
Oriskany Battlefield monumentRome, New YorkUnited States188443°10′7″N 75°22′8″W[28]
Monument to the RestorersRestauradores Square, LisbonPortugal15 48188638°42′57″N 9°8′30″WErected to celebrate the victory in the Portuguese Restoration War (1640–1668).
Ludwig van Beethoven's graveVienna Central CemeteryAustria188848°09′07″N 16°26′24″E
Bennington Battle MonumentBennington, VermontUnited States92 or 93 301 or 306188942°53′21″N 73°12′57″W[29]
Monolith "The Obelisk"Villalar de los Comuneros, Castile and LeónSpain188941°33′00″N 5°08′19″W
Dalhousie ObeliskRaffles Place, Central AreaSingapore18911°17′15″N 103°51′8″E[30]
The Obelisk, Penn State UniversityUniversity Park, PennsylvaniaUnited States189640°47′43″N 77°51′48″W
Confederate War MemorialDallas, TexasUnited States189632°46′32″N 96°47′59″W[31]
Obelisk Anspach Brussels Belgium 1897 50°51′12.95″N 4°20′48.72″E

20th century
Obelisk name Image Location Country Elevation Completed Coordinates Notes
m ft
William Dudley Chipley MemorialPlaza Ferdinand VII, Pensacola, FloridaUnited States190130°24′31.7″N 87°12′50.24″W
Sergeant Floyd MonumentSioux City, IowaUnited States30 100190142°27′45″N 96°22′39″W[32]
Joseph Smith Birthplace MemorialSouth Royalton, VermontUnited States15 50190543°49′26″N 72°28′21″W[33]: 118 
McKinley MonumentNiagara Square, Buffalo, New YorkUnited States29 96190742°53′11″N 78°52′41″W[34]
The Veterans' MonumentElizabethton, TennesseeUnited States190436°20′55″N 82°12′38″WDedicated to American Civil War veterans from Carter County, Tennessee.
Samuel Smith MonumentSefton Park, LiverpoolUnited Kingdom190953°23′09.67″N 02°56′43.08″WDesigned 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 Erected by the U.S. government in 1910 to memorialize Confederate soldiers buried at the cemetery.
Coronation MemorialCoronation Park, DelhiIndia28°43′23″N 77°11′49″ETo commemorate the founding of New Delhi in 1911 followed by other obelisks around the Rashtrapati Bhavan
Victory MemorialFort Recovery, OhioUnited States31 101191340°24′48″N 84°46′33″W[36]
Rizal MonumentLuneta Park, ManilaPhilippines12.7 42191314°34′54″N 120°58′36″Ebuilt to commemorate the executed Filipino nationalist, José Rizal.
National Women's MonumentBloemfonteinSouth Africa191329°08′30″S 26°12′30″E[37]
Ozark TrailVarious locations including Stroud, Oklahoma, Farwell, Dimmitt, Wellington, and Tulia, TexasUnited States1913Formerly a series of 21 obelisks
PAX MemorialWalmer, Port ElizabethSouth Africa6 20191933°58′28″S 25°34′29″EA World War I memorial to local fallen soldiers.[38]
Dover Patrol MonumentSt Margaret's at CliffeUnited Kingdom23 75191951°9′24.71″N 1°23′33.55″EErected to honour Dover Patrol.
Flagler MonumentFlagler Monument Island, Miami Beach, FloridaUnited States34 110192025°47′07″N 80°09′10″W[39]
Dover Patrol MonumentCap Blanc-Nez, Sangatte/EscallesFrance23 75192250°55′29.42″N 1°42′35.57″EErected to honour Dover Patrol.
Southport War MemorialLondon Square, Southport, Lancashire, EnglandUnited Kingdom20.6 67.5192353°38′55″N 3°00′16″W
Veterans Memorial PlazaIndiana World War Memorial Plaza, Indianapolis, IndianaUnited States30 100192339°46′25″N 86°9′25″W[40]
Jefferson Davis MonumentFairview, KentuckyUnited States107 351192436°50′31″N 87°18′01″WCommemorating the birthplace
of the President
of the Confederate States of America
Boer War MonumentKing's Domain, Melbourne, VictoriaAustralia23 75192437°50′00″S 144°58′20″E (dismantled?)[41]
Camp Merritt Memorial MonumentCresskill, New JerseyUnited States20 66192440°56′28″N 73°58′37″WMonument 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 CenotaphQueens Domain, Hobart, TasmaniaAustralia23 75192542°52′40″S 147°20′12″EA World War I memorial[42]
The Big Red AppleCornelia, GeorgiaUnited States2.4 8192534°30′42″N 83°31′36″WA short square obelisk with the world's largest apple on top stands[43]
Prague Castle Obelisk
(or Monolith from Mrákotín)		Prague Castle, PragueCzech Republic15.42 50.6193050°5′25″N 14°24′1″E
Obelisk of Montevideo
(or Obelisco a los Constituyentes de 1830)		Parque Batlle, MontevideoUruguay40 130193034°53′51″S 56°09′52″W[44]
High Point MonumentHigh Point, Montague, New JerseyUnited States67 220193041°19′15″N 74°39′42″WLocated on top of New Jersey's highest point, 550 m (1,803 ft) above sea level.
Dover Patrol MonumentJohn Paul Jones Park, BrooklynUnited States23 75193140°36′41.18″N 74°2′3.01″WErected to honour Dover Patrol.
Foro ItalicoLungotevere Maresciallo Diaz, RomeItaly193241°55′55″N 12°27′32″EErected to honour Benito Mussolini.
Paterson MonumentWindmill Point, George Town, TasmaniaAustralia193541°06′35″S 146°49′01″EErected to commemorate the 1804 landing of William Paterson (explorer).[45]
Obelisk of Buenos AiresSan Nicolás, Buenos AiresArgentina71.5 235193634°36′13″S 58°22′54″W
Trujillo ObeliskSanto DomingoDominican Republic42 137193718°27′53″N 69°53′38″W
War MemorialFlorianaMalta193835°53′37″N 14°30′29″E[46]
San Jacinto MonumentLa Porte, TexasUnited States172.92 567.3193929°45′00″N 95°04′51″W[47]
Trylon and Perisphere1939 New York World's Fair, Flushing, New YorkUnited States190 620193940°44′47″N 73°50′42″WNot a true obelisk, but an art deco variant.
Maungakiekie ObeliskOne Tree Hill, AucklandNew Zealand194036.900105°S 174.783187°E / -36.900105; 174.783187[48]
Victory MonumentBangkokThailand194113°45′53″N 100°32′19″ETo 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 ObeliskAltamira, CaracasVenezuela194410°29′47″N 66°50′56″W
Banská Bystrica ObeliskBanská BystricaSlovakia194548°44′06″N 19°08′41″ECommemorates the soldiers of the Red Army and those of the Romanian Army who fell while liberating the town.
Monument to the FallenSanta Cruz de TenerifeSpain25 82194728°28′0.2″N 16°14′49.6″W
Cenotaph on Leinster LawnLeinster House, DublinIreland18.28 60.0195053°20′26″N 6°15′14″WErected 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 ObeliskBeaumont, TexasUnited States195130°02′01″N 94°04′45″WRecognizes the 50th anniversary of the birth of the liquid fuel age as the Lucas Gusher came in at Spindletop on January 10, 1901.
Heroes MonumentSurabayaIndonesia41.15 135.0 1952 7°14′46″S 112°44′15″ECommemorate the events of November 10, 1945 at the Battle of Surabaya
1947–1949 Palestine war MemorialSafedIsrael32°58′06″N 35°29′44″E
Obelisk of São PauloSão PauloBrazil72 236195423°35′5″S 46°39′17″W[51]
Obelisks outside the Palace of Culture and Science Warsaw Poland 1955 52°13′50″N 21°00′32″E
Monument to the abolition of slavery
(Monumento a la abolición de la esclavitud)		Abolition Park, PoncePuerto Rico30 100195618°00′21″N 66°36′46″W[52]
Obelisk of La PazLa PazBolivia16°29′55″S 68°08′06″W
Demidovsky PillarTsentralny City District, Barnaul, Altai KraiRussia14 4653°19′43.8″N 83°47′3.6″E
Victory Obelisk
(Poklonnaya Hill Obelisk)		Poklonnaya Hill, MoscowRussia141.8 4651995 55°43′54″N 37°30′25″E[53]
Monument to the Conquerors of SpaceMoscowRussia107 351196455°49′21″N 37°38′23″E
Bayonet-Obelisk of the War MemorialBrest Fortress, BrestBelarus100 330197152°04′58″N 23°39′25″E[54]
Trinity Nuclear Test Site ObeliskJornada del Muerto, Socorro, New MexicoUnited States3.7 1233°40′38″N 106°28′31″WThe location of the first atomic bomb explosion.[55]
IglicaWroclawPoland90 300194851°06′27″N 17°04′32″Eoriginal height 106 metres
Cairn to mark the Geographic Centre of North AmericaRugby, North DakotaUnited States4.6 15197148°21′16″N 99°59′53″WThe structure is more like a cairn sited near the geographical center of North America (Mexico, USA and Canada). The location of the geographical center is approximately 15 miles (24 km) for the location of the cairn.[56]
Pirulito da Praça SeteBelo Horizonte, Minas GeraisBrazil19°55′09″S 43°56′19″W
Oregon TrailBoise, IdahoUnited States21 obelisks that mark the trail.[57][58]
Islamic Summit MinarLahore, PunjabPakistan47 155197431°33′37″N 74°19′30″EAn obelisk-shape structure built to commemorate the Organisation of Islamic Conference.
Luxor HotelLas Vegas, NevadaUnited States36°05′44″N 115°10′24″WThe obelisk stands in front of the hotel, a pyramid-shaped hotel along The Strip
Endicott, Triple Cities, New YorkUnited States1975An obelisk stands in front of radio talk show host Clint Ferro's boyhood home
Monumen NasionalMerdeka Square, JakartaIndonesia137 449 19756°10′31″S 106°49′38″ESymbolizing the fight for the independence of Indonesia
Juche TowerPyongyangNorth Korea170 560198239°01′03″N 125°45′49″E
Leningrad Hero City ObeliskVosstaniya Square, Saint PetersburgRussia36 118198559°55′51″N 30°21′43″E
Minsk Hero City ObeliskVictors Avenue, MinskBelarus45 148198553°54′57″N 27°32′17″E
1948 Arab–Israeli War MemorialAd Halom, AshdodIsrael31°46′55″N 34°39′59″EMemorial to Egypt's fallen soldiers[59]
Avis ObeliskAvis Farms Office Park, Pittsfield Township, MichiganUnited States199842°12′47″N 83°44′46″W
Bahá'í House of WorshipBahá'í World Centre buildings, Mount Carmel, HaifaIsrael197132°49′22″N 34°58′33″EMarking the site of the future Bahá'í House of Worship.
Independence Monument ObeliskMaha Bandula Park, YangonMyanmar16°46′23″N 96°09′34″E[60]

21st century
Obelisk name Image Location Country Elevation Completed Coordinates Notes
m ft
Spire of DublinDublinIreland120 390200353°20′59″N 6°15′37″W
Capas National ShrineTarlac provincePhilippines70 230200315°20′56″N 120°32′43″E
Kolonna EternaSan GwannMalta6 20200335°54′35″N 14°28′36″EEgyptian obelisk by Paul Vella Critien[61]
Colonna MediterraneaLuqaMalta3.0 10200635°51′38″N 14°29′3″EAbstract art by Paul Vella Critien[62]
Plaza Salcedo ObeliskVigan, Ilocos SurPhilippines17°34′31″N 120°23′15″E
Colony Park MonumentRidgeland, MississippiUnited States58 19032°26′49″N 90°08′47″Wcellphone tower in shape of Washington Monument
CycliskSanta Rosa, CaliforniaUnited States20 65 38°25′35″N 122°42′49″WMade of 340 bicycles[63]
Obelisco NovecentoRomeItaly200441°49′23″N 12°27′55″ESculpture by Arnaldo Pomodoro
Armed Forces Memorial National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire United Kingdom 2007 52°43′39″N 1°43′39″W
Caja Madrid ObeliskMadridSpain92 302200940°27′58″N 3°41′22″W
Särkynyt lyhtyTornio, LaplandFinland9 3065°50′47″N 24°09′09″EMade of stainless steel
Agostinho Neto MemorialLuandaAngola120 39020128°49′25″S 13°13′08″E
Oregon World War II MemorialSalem, OregonUnited States201444°56′22″N 123°01′59″W
Human rights obelisk Brussels Belgium 12 39 2018 50°52′08″N 4°20′40″E 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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