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” and “Obelisk of Buenos Aires”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Teatro Colón and Carlos Pellegrini.

Theater building
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The is a historic opera house in , . It is considered one of the ten best opera houses in the world by National Geographic. is situated 320 metres northwest of Obelisk.

Metro station
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is a station on Line B of the Buenos Aires Underground. From here, passengers may transfer to the Diagonal Norte Station on Line C and the 9 de Julio Station on Line D and Metrobus 9 de Julio.

Theater building
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The Teatro Broadway is an Art Deco style theatre in , which opened on October 11, 1930. Located near the centre of the city at 1155 Corrientes Avenue, it was designed by the architect Jorge Kálnay. 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 of , , sharing most of the city and national government Neighborhood of Buenos Aires with neighboring Montserrat and home to much of the .

Quarter
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The center of has most of the city's attractions, including performances in the Tribunales theater district, the dense downtown area with government buildings, the San Telmo tango scene, and the biggest train station and the general bus station that offers connections to the surrounding provinces and neighboring countries.

Photo: Roger Schultz, CC BY 2.0.
The center of has most of the city's attractions, including performances in the Tribunales theater district, the dense downtown area with government buildings, the San Telmo tango scene, and the biggest train station and the general bus station that offers connections to the surrounding provinces and neighboring countries.

Obelisk

Latitude
-34.60371° or 34° 36′ 13″ south
Longitude
-58.38163° or 58° 22′ 54″ west
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
Inception
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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Satellite Map

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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 Buenos Aires”
  • 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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