Cleopatra’s Needle

Cleopatra's Needle in is one of a pair of obelisks, together named Cleopatra's Needles, that were moved from the ruins of the Caesareum of Alexandria, in Egypt, in the 19th century.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient Egyptian obelisk in London
  • Also known as: “Cleopatra’s Needle, London”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and London Eye.

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The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

Ferris wheel
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The , originally the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the of the in London. It is the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over three million visitors annually. is situated 1,900 feet south of Cleopatra’s Needle.

Bridge
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is a road and foot traffic bridge crossing the in , between and . is situated 790 feet east of Cleopatra’s Needle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Covent Garden and South Bank.

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is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of , and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.

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The is on a sharp 90° bend of the Thames in central and one of the city's cultural centres. It is a small area but it contains many artistic and creative sites, as well as an eclectic range of other attractions, boutique shopping and trendy food and drink places.

Neighborhood
was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of , England; an ecclesiastical version remains. The parish was split between the Liberty of Westminster and the Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Cleopatra’s Needle

Latitude
51.50852° or 51° 30′ 31″ north
Longitude
-0.12032° or 0° 7′ 13″ west
Height
72 feet (22 metres)
Open location code
9C3XGV5H+CV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 297331784
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­obelisk
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q729177
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Cleopatra’s Needle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مسلات كليوباترا”
  • Armenian: “Կլեոպատրայի ասեղ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kleopatra iynəsi”
  • Bulgarian: “Обелиск на Клеопатра”
  • Burmese: “ကလီယို ပတ်ထရာ ကျောက်တိုင်”
  • Chinese: “克娄巴特拉方尖碑”
  • Chinese: “克麗歐佩特拉方尖碑”
  • Croatian: “Kleopatrina igla”
  • Czech: “Kleopatřin obelisk”
  • Dutch: “Naald van Cleopatra”
  • Finnish: “Kleopatran neula”
  • French: “aiguille de Cléopâtre”
  • French: “Aiguille de Cléopâtre”
  • German: “Nadel der Kleopatra”
  • German: “Nadeln der Kleopatra”
  • Greek: “Οβελίσκος της Κλεοπάτρας (Λονδίνο)”
  • Hebrew: “מחטי קלאופטרה”
  • Hungarian: “Kleopátra tűje”
  • Indonesian: “Cleopatra’s Needles”
  • Italian: “Ago di Cleopatra”
  • Japanese: “クレオパトラの針”
  • Lithuanian: “Kleopatros adata”
  • Macedonian: “Обелисци на Клеопатра”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kleopatras nål”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Agulha de Cleopatra”
  • Polish: “Igła Kleopatry”
  • Portuguese: “Agulhas de Cleópatra”
  • Russian: “Игла Клеопатры”
  • Slovak: “Cleopatra’s Needle”
  • Spanish: “Agujas de Cleopatra”
  • Swedish: “Kleopatras nål, London”
  • Swedish: “Kleopatras nål”
  • Turkish: “Kleopatra’nın İğnesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Голка Клеопатри (Лондон)”
  • Ukrainian: “Голка Клеопатри”

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