Has anybody a complete list of Obelisks in the World?
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The list from the Wikipedia:
Egypt – 8
Pharaoh Thutmosis I, Karnak Temple, Luxor
Pharaoh Ramses II, Luxor Temple
Pharaoh Hatshepsut, Karnak Temple, Luxor
Pharaoh Senusret I, Al-Masalla area of Al-Matariyyah district in Heliopolis, Cairo
Pharaoh Ramses III, Luxor Museum
Pharaoh Ramses II, Gezira Island, Cairo, 20.4 m (67 ft)[16]
Pharaoh Ramses II, Cairo International Airport, 16.97 m (55.7 ft)
Pharaoh Seti II, Karnak Temple, Luxor, 7 m (23 ft)
France – 1
Pharaoh Ramses II, Luxor Obelisk, in Place de la Concorde, Paris
Israel – 1
Caesarea obelisk
Italy – 11 (includes the only one located in the Vatican City)
Rome — 8 ancient Egyptian obelisks (see List of obelisks in Rome)
Piazza del Duomo, Catania (Sicily)
Benevento, two obelisk.
Boboli Gardens (Florence)
Urbino
Poland – 1
Ramses II, Poznań Archaeological Museum, Poznań (on loan from Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin)[17]
Turkey – 1
Pharaoh Tuthmosis III, in Square of Horses, Istanbul
United Kingdom – 4
Pharaoh Tuthmosis III, "Cleopatra's Needle", on Victoria Embankment, London
Pharaoh Amenhotep II, in the Oriental Museum, University of Durham
Pharaoh Ptolemy IX, Philae obelisk, at Kingston Lacy, near Wimborne Minster, Dorset
Pharaoh Nectanebo II, British Museum, London (pair of obelisks)
United States – 1
Pharaoh Tuthmosis III, "Cleopatra's Needle", in Central Park, New York
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