Obelisk

The Obelisco de Buenos Aires is a national historic monument and icon of . Located in the Plaza de la República in the intersection of avenues Corrientes and 9 de Julio, the reinforced concrete structure was erected in 1936 to commemorate the quadricentennial of the .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Iconic historical monument in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Also known as: “Obelisco de Buenos Aires”, “Obelisk Buenos Aires”, and “Obelisk of Buenos Aires”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Teatro Colón and Carlos Pellegrini.

Theater building
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The is a historic opera house in , . is situated 320 metres northwest of Obelisk.

Metro station
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is a station on Line B of the Buenos Aires Underground.

Theater building
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The Teatro Broadway is an Art Deco style theatre… is situated 150 metres west of Obelisk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Nicolas and Microcentro.

Suburb
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San Nicolás is one of the neighbourhoods…

Quarter
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The center of has most of the city's…

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The center of has most of the city's…

Obelisk

Latitude
-34.60371° or 34° 36′ 13″ south
Longitude
-58.38163° or 58° 22′ 54″ west
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
Established
May 23rd, 1936
Open location code
48Q39JW9+G8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1332861812
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­obelisk
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­obelisk
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6285783
Wiki­data ID
Q831389
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Obelisk” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مسلة بوينس آيرس”
  • Basque: “Buenos Airesko obeliskoa”
  • Bengali: “বুয়েনোস আইরেসের ওবেলিস্ক”
  • Catalan: “Obelisc de Buenos Aires”
  • Cebuano: “Obelisco (bantayog)”
  • Cebuano: “Obelisco”
  • Chinese: “布宜诺斯艾利斯方尖碑”
  • Czech: “Obelisk v Buenos Aires”
  • Czech: “Obelisk”
  • Dutch: “Obelisco de Buenos Aires”
  • Esperanto: “Obelisko de Bonaero”
  • French: “obélisque de Buenos Aires”
  • French: “Obélisque de Buenos Aires”
  • German: “Obelisk von Buenos Aires”
  • Hebrew: “האובליסק של בואנוס איירס”
  • Hungarian: “Buenos Aires-i obeliszk”
  • Italian: “Obelisco di Buenos Aires”
  • Japanese: “ブエノスアイレスのオベリスク”
  • Lithuanian: “Buenos Airių obeliskas”
  • Malay: “Tugu Buenos Aires”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Obelisc de Buenos Aires”
  • Polish: “El Obelisco”
  • Portuguese: “Obelisco de Buenos Aires”
  • Russian: “Обелиск в Буэнос-Айресе”
  • Slovenian: “Obelisk v Buenos Airesu”
  • Spanish: “Obelisco de Buenos Aires”
  • Swedish: “Obelisco (monument)”
  • Swedish: “Obelisco de Buenos Aires”
  • Turkish: “Buenos Aires Dikilitaşı”
  • Ukrainian: “Обеліск”

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Places to explore: Monserrat and Catalinas Norte.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Carlos Pellegrini and BA vertical garden.

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