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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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 26 metres (85 feet)
  • Description: Iconic historical monument in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Also known as
    “Obelisco de Buenos Aires”
    “Obelisk of Buenos Aires”
  • Established: May 23, 1936

Places of Interest Nearby

Discover Teatro Colón and Carlos Pellegrini.
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Theater building
The is a historic opera house in , .
320 metres northwest of Obelisk
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Metro station
is a station on Line B of the Buenos Aires Underground.
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Theater building
The Teatro Broadway is an Art Deco style theatre…
150 metres west of Obelisk

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Nicolas and Microcentro.
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Suburb
San Nicolás is one of the neighbourhoods…
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Quarter
The center of has most of the city's…
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The center of has most of the city's…

Obelisk

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Latitude
-34.60371° or 34° 36′ 13″ south
Longitude
-58.38163° or 58° 22′ 54″ west
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.
مسلة بوينس آيرسArabic
Բուենոս Այրեսի կոթողArmenian
Buenos Airesko obeliskoaBasque
বুয়েনোস আইরেসের ওবেলিস্কBengali
Obelisc de Buenos AiresCatalan
ObeliscoCebuano
Obelisco (bantayog)Cebuano
布宜诺斯艾利斯方尖碑Chinese
ObeliskCzech
Obelisk Buenos AiresCzech
Obelisk v Buenos AiresCzech
Obelisco de Buenos AiresDutch
Obelisko de BonaeroEsperanto
Obélisque de Buenos AiresFrench
Obelisk von Buenos AiresGerman
האובליסק של בואנוס איירסHebrew
Buenos Aires-i obeliszkHungarian
Obelisco di Buenos AiresItalian
ブエノスアイレスのオベリスクJapanese
Buenos Airių obeliskasLithuanian
Tugu Buenos AiresMalay
Obelisc de Buenos AiresOccitan (post 1500)
El ObeliscoPolish
Obelisco de Buenos AiresPortuguese
Обелиск в Буэнос-АйресеRussian
Obelisk v Buenos AiresuSlovenian
Obelisco de Buenos AiresSpanish
Obelisco (monument)Swedish
Obelisco de Buenos AiresSwedish
Buenos Aires DikilitaşıTurkish
ОбеліскUkrainian

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