Obelisk of Buenos Aires
The
Obelisk of Buenos Aires (
Spanish: Obelisco de Buenos Aires) is a modern
monument placed at the heart of
Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
Porteños refer to it simply as El Obelisco.The obelisk was built in May
1936 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first founding of the city. It is located in the center of the Plaza de la República (Republic Square), the spot where the
Argentine flag was flown for the first time in Buenos Aires, at the intersection of
Nueve de Julio and Corrientes avenues. Its total height is 67 meters (220 feet) and its base area is 49 square meters (530 square feet). It was designed by architect Alberto Prebisch, and its construction took barely four weeks.
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obelisco (m)
n.
obelisk, tall four-sided stone pillar tapering to a pyramidal top
obelisco (m)
n.
obelisk, tall four-sided stone pillar tapering to a pyramidal top; dagger, small knife
obelisco (m)
n.
obelisk, tall four-sided stone pillar tapering to a pyramidal top
obelisco
= obelisk.
Ex: The author examines the background to Ireland's public memorials (crosses, obelisks, cenotaphs and figure sculptures) to those who died in World War I.
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