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Queen Square Obelisk

obelisk erected in 1738 in Queen Square, Bath, UK
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Queen Square Obelisk

Summary

Queen Square Obelisk is an obelisk[1].

Key Facts

  • Queen Square Obelisk is located in Bath and North East Somerset[2].
  • Queen Square Obelisk is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Queen Square Obelisk's instance of is recorded as obelisk[4].
  • Queen Square Obelisk's architect is recorded as John Wood[5].
  • Queen Square Obelisk's commissioned by is recorded as Beau Nash[6].
  • Queen Square Obelisk took place at Queen Square[7].
  • Queen Square Obelisk's Commons category is recorded as Queen Square Obelisk[8].
  • 1738 marks the founding of Queen Square Obelisk[9].
  • Queen Square Obelisk's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 51.383397, 'longitude': -2.363642, 'precision': 1e-06}[10].
  • Queen Square Obelisk's dedicated to is recorded as Frederick, Prince of Wales[11].
  • Queen Square Obelisk's dedicated to is recorded as Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha[12].
  • Queen Square Obelisk's heritage designation is recorded as Grade II* listed building[13].
  • Queen Square Obelisk's inscription is recorded as IN MEMORY/OF HONOURS CONFERR'D/AND IN GRATITUDE/FOR BENEFITS BESTOWED/IN THIS CITY/BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS/ FREDERICK/PRINCE OF WALES/AND HIS/ROYAL CONSORT/IN THE YEAR MDCCXXXVIII/THIS OBELISK IS ERECTED/BY RICHARD NASH ESQ¿[14].
  • Queen Square Obelisk's associated electoral district is recorded as Bath[15].
  • Queen Square Obelisk's historic county is recorded as Somerset[16].

Body

Material and Period

Queen Square Obelisk took place at Queen Square[7].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . historicengland.org.uk. historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . historicengland.org.uk. historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . historicengland.org.uk. historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . historicengland.org.uk. historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . maps.nls.uk. maps.nls.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . historicengland.org.uk. historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . historicengland.org.uk. historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . historicengland.org.uk. historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': N
    Inception → +1738-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Inscription → IN MEMORY/OF HONOURS CONFERR'D/AND IN GRATITUDE/FOR BENEFITS
    Heritage designation → Grade II* listed building
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32651|batch #32651]]: Change P131 qualifier"
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