Obelisk of Luxor

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The Obelisk of Luxor is an ancient Egyptian granite obelisk from the Luxor Temple, now standing prominently at the center of Paris’s Place de la Concorde.

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Label Occurrences
Luxor temple statues 1
Obelisk of Luxor canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian obelisk
granite monolith
monument
arrivalCity Paris
arrivalYear 1833
axisOf historical axis of Paris
builtDuringReignOf Ramesses II
category Ancient Egyptian obelisks in Paris
Monuments and memorials in Paris
Relocated monuments from Egypt
constructionCenturyBC 13th century BC
country France
culture Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Ancient Egypt
dedicatedTo Ramesses II
erectedBy engineer Apollinaire Lebas
erectedOn Place de la Concorde
erectionDate 25 October 1836
feature pyramidion
giftFrom Muhammad Ali Pasha
giftTo France
giftYear 1829
hasTopDecoration gilded pyramidion
height about 23 metres
heightWithPedestal about 33 metres
inscribedWith hieroglyphs
inscriptionsHonor Amun
Ramesses II
locatedIn France
Paris
Place de la Concorde
material red granite
originalLocation Luxor Temple
surface form: entrance of Luxor Temple
originatesFrom Luxor Temple
Thebes
Upper Egypt
pairWith remaining obelisk at Luxor Temple
pedestalOrigin Luxor Temple
pyramidionRestored 1998
replaces statue of Louis XVI (on the square)
shape tapered four-sided pillar
standsOn pedestal with hieroglyphic inscriptions
touristAttraction major Paris landmark
transportedTo France
transportMethod specially built ship Louxor
UNESCOWorldHeritageContext part of movable heritage from Thebes (Luxor)
unveiledBy Louis-Philippe I of the French
surface form: King Louis-Philippe I
visibleFrom Champs-Élysées
weight about 227 tonnes

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Axe historique of Paris containsMonument Obelisk of Luxor
Ancient Egyptian art hasCanonicalExample Obelisk of Luxor
this entity surface form: Luxor temple statues