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Walled Obelisk

The Walled Obelisk or Masonry Obelisk is a Roman monument in the form of an obelisk in the former , now Sultanahmet Square in , .
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Wikipedia
Photo: Ninara, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Obelisk
  • Description: Roman monument in Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)
  • Also known as: “The Walled Obelisk”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Serpent Column and Obelisk of Theodosius.

The , also known as the Serpentine Column, Plataean Tripod or Delphi Tripod, is an ancient bronze column at the in what is now , Turkey.

Obelisk
The is the Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III, first erected during the 18th dynasty of Egypt. It was re-erected in the of Constantinople by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in the 4th century AD.

Square
Photo: Antoine-François Andréossy, Public domain.
The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a square in , Turkey, known as Sultanahmet Square. is situated 160 metres northeast of Walled Obelisk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mollafenari and Beyazıt.

Suburb
Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 99. It is on the European side of .

Suburb
Photo: Khateeb88, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.

Quarter
Photo: Mister No, CC BY 3.0.
is a quarter in district of . It is located along the northern shore of Marmara Sea. Up to recent times, is the center of the Armenian community of the city, boasting a school and several churches.

Walled Obelisk

Latitude
41.00541° or 41° 0′ 20″ north
Longitude
28.97484° or 28° 58′ 29″ east
Height
32 metres (105 feet)
Open location code
8GHC2X4F+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1120852418
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­obelisk
Geo­Names ID
12324254
Wiki­data ID
Q742474
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Walled Obelisk” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Obelisku Mural”
  • Arabic: “أومري ديكيليتاشِ”
  • Armenian: “Կոստանդինի կոթող”
  • Azerbaijani: “Konstantin obeliski‎‎”
  • Azerbaijani: “Konstantin obeliski”
  • Bashkir: “Константин обелискы”
  • Bashkir: “Константин обелискыһы”
  • Basque: “Konstantinoaren Obeliskoa”
  • Basque: “Konstantinoren Obeliskoa”
  • Belarusian: “Абеліск Канстанціна”
  • Belarusian: “Абэліск Канстантына”
  • Chinese: “墙柱”
  • French: “obélisque « muré »”
  • French: “Obélisque « muré »”
  • French: “Obélisque muré”
  • German: “Obelisk”
  • Greek: “Κτιστός οβελίσκος”
  • Greek: “Ο Περιτειχισμένος Οβελίσκος”
  • Greek: “Οβελίσκος του Κωνσταντίνου Ζ´”
  • Greek: “Στήλη του Κωνσταντίνου Ζ´”
  • Hindi: “ओबिलिस्क की दीवार”
  • Italian: “Obelisco di Costantino Porfirogenito”
  • Korean: “콘스탄틴 오벨리스크”
  • Latin: “Obeliscus Constantini”
  • Macedonian: “Константинов обелиск”
  • Macedonian: “Обелиск на Константин”
  • Polish: “Obelisk Konstantyna”
  • Portuguese: “Obelisco de Constantino”
  • Russian: “Обелиск Константина”
  • Spanish: “Obelisco de Constantino”
  • Turkish: “Konstantin Dikilitaşı”
  • Turkish: “Örme Dikilitaş”
  • Ukrainian: “Обеліск Костянтина”
  • Western Panjabi: “قسطنطین اوبلسک”

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