Luxor Obelisk

Luxor Obelisk in Place de la Concorde.

The Luxor Obelisk is an Egyptian obelisk offered to Napoleon Bonaparte by Muhammad Ali Pasha. It was moved to Paris in 1830. It is currently installed in the center of the famous Place de la Concorde in Paris. It is sometimes also named Concorde Obelisk. It is 23 meters tall and weighs of 234 metric tons. It is built in Syenite.

Luxor Obelisk Media

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  Cairo Citadel Clock, reportedly given by the French in the 1840s, outside the Mosque of Muhammad Ali

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  Sphinx towing the barge Louqsor ferrying the Luxor Obelisk to France

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  Detail of the modern pedestal in Paris