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Lateran Obelisk

obelisk from Karnak in Egypt, now in Rome, Italy
VisualArtwork obelisk Q645181

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
obelisk
Inception
1395 BC, 1500 BC, 1400 BC[13][14][15]
Founder
Thutmose IV[7]
Country
Italy[4]
Location
Precinct of Amun-Re, Alexandria Port, Circus Maximus, Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano[10][11]
Part of
Lateran[12]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 41.887°, 12.505°
Architect
Domenico Fontana[5]
Commissioned by
Thutmose IV[6]
Height
32 (32–33.1, n=3)[17][18][19]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Rome, Karnak, Alexandria, Thebes[2][3]
Made from material
rose granite[9]
Mass
+522[20]
Named after
Lateran[8]
Native label
Obelisco Lateranense[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Lateran Obelisk ar مسلة لاتيران cs Lateránský obelisk de Lateranischer Obelisk el Οβελίσκος του Λατερανού es Obelisco de Letran es Obelisco de Letrán fi Lateraaniobeliski fr obélisque du Latran he אובליסק הלטראנו hu Lateráni obeliszk id Obelisk Lateran it Obelisco Lateranense ja ラテラノ・オベリスク ko 라테라노 오벨리스크 nl Lateraanse Obelisk pt Obelisco Laterano ru Латеранский обелиск tr Laterano Dikilitaşı zh 拉特蘭方尖碑
🔖 Identifiers · 9
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Obelisk-Lateran.jpg ↗
Antiquitatum Thesaurus ID
1438302
Cultural Objects Names Authority ID
700008908
Described at URL
digitalkarnak.ucsc.edu
Enciclopedia di Roma monument ID
424
Freebase ID
/m/0k2m3d_
OpenStreetMap way ID
28273705
Pleiades ID
464741837
ToposText place ID
419125AOLa

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🔗 Connections
Located in the administrative territorial entity 4
Rome, Alexandria, Thebes, Karnak
Location 3
Circus Maximus, Alexandria Port, Precinct of Amun-Re
Belongs to 1
Lateran
Commissioned by 1
Thutmose IV
Country 1
Italy
Founder 1
Thutmose IV
Instance of 1
obelisk
Named after 1
Lateran
Part of 1
Lateran
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Summary

Lateran Obelisk is an obelisk[1].

Related Entities

Alexandria Italy Karnak Thutmose IV

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . digitalkarnak.ucsc.edu. Retrieved . digitalkarnak.ucsc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . digitalkarnak.ucsc.edu. Retrieved . digitalkarnak.ucsc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . digitalkarnak.ucsc.edu. Retrieved . digitalkarnak.ucsc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . digitalkarnak.ucsc.edu. Retrieved . digitalkarnak.ucsc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . digitalkarnak.ucsc.edu. Retrieved . digitalkarnak.ucsc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Cultural Objects Name Authority. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . digitalkarnak.ucsc.edu. Retrieved . digitalkarnak.ucsc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Cultural Objects Name Authority. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Cultural Objects Name Authority. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Engelmannbbaw · 2026-10-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Antiquitatum Thesaurus ID → 1438302
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Antiquitatum Thesaurus ID: 1438302"
  2. 26w ago · Kewerner · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → rose granite
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 41.886833, 'lon': 12.504778}
    Location → Precinct of Amun-Re, Alexandria Port, Circus Maximus +1
    Inception → —
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Architect: Domenico Fontana"
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