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Luxor Obelisk

ancient Egyptian obelisk in Paris
VisualArtwork obelisk Q1503331

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
obelisk
Inception
1290 BC[10]
Country
France[3]
Location
place de la Concorde, Luxor[6]
Part of
Luxor Temple[8]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 48.865°, 2.321°
Commissioned by
Ramesses II[4]
Country of origin
Egypt[9]
Described by source
Meyer’s Universum, Zwölfter Band[12]
Height
+23[15]
Heritage designation
classified historical monument[13]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
8th arrondissement of Paris[2]
Located on street
place de la Concorde[11]
Made from material
stone[5]
Mass
+222[16]
Native label
Obélisque de Louxor[14]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Livius[17]
Postal code
75008[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Luxor Obelisk ar مسلة الأقصر cs Obélisque de la Concorde cs Pařížský obelisk cs Obelisk v Paříži de Obelisk von Luxor es Obelisco de Luxor fi Luxorin obeliski fr obélisque de la Concorde fr obelisque de Louxor fr obélisque de Louxor he אובליסק לוקסור hi लक्सर ओबेलिस्क hu Luxori obeliszk (Párizs) it Obelisco di Luxor it Obelisco di Ramses II ja クレオパトラの針 ja ルクソール・オベリスク ja ルクソールオベリスク ko 룩소르 오벨리스크
🔖 Identifiers · 15
VIAF cluster ID
235305207
Library of Congress authority ID
sh89001189
GND ID
7839746-7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Luxor Obelisk, Place de la Concorde, Paris June 2014 002.jpg ↗
Apple Maps ID
9622895236422640298
BabelNet ID
01664807n
Emporis building ID
257592
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Luxor-Obelisk
Freebase ID
/m/06w6hnc
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
442774
Mérimée ID
PA00088875
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007539354505171
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Vici.org ID
55590
Vikidia article ID
fr:Obélisque_de_Louxor
Yale LUX ID
place/7d052f4d-265d-4f58-8b77-be8aeaa6d652

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🔗 Connections
Location 2
Luxor, place de la Concorde
Commissioned by 1
Ramesses II
Country 1
France
Country of origin 1
Egypt
Instance of 1
obelisk
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
8th arrondissement of Paris
Located on street 1
place de la Concorde
Made from material 1
stone
Part of 1
Luxor Temple
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Summary

Luxor Obelisk is an obelisk[1].

Related Entities

Egypt France Ramesses II

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Thotys · 2026-10-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'be', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fi', 'fr', '
    Image → Luxor Obelisk, Place de la Concorde, Paris June 2014 002.jpg, Obélisque de Louxor - Août 2026.jpg
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Obélisque de Louxor - Août 2026.jpg"
  2. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Heritage designation → classified historical monument
    Country → —
    Part of → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → 8th arrondissement of Paris
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007539354505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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