Isikhumbuzo saseWashington
Namuhla sizokwazi okunye okubaluleke kakhulu ama-obelisk emhlabeni. Ake siqale uhambo lwethu e-United States, ikakhulukazi enhlokodolobha yase-Washington DC, lapho sathola khona i- Isikhumbuzo saseWashington, i-obelisk enkulu etholakala entshonalanga yeNational Mall, eyakhelwe ukukhumbula iGeorge Washington. I-obelisk, eyenziwe ngemabula, i-granite, ne-sandstone, inokuphakama okungamamitha ayi-170 futhi yakhiwa phakathi kuka-1848 no-1885. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi kwesinye isikhathi yayithathwa njengesakhiwo eside kunazo zonke emhlabeni, kuze kube I-Eiffel tower e 1889.
Sekuyisikhathi sokuya enhloko-dolobha yase-Argentina, idolobha laseBuenos Aires, lapho sitholakala khona I-Obelisk yaseBuenos Aires, kubhekwe njengesikhumbuzo esiyigugu kunazo zonke edolobheni. Le obelisk yakhiwa ngonyaka noma ngo-1936 ngesikhathi sekhulunyaka lesine lokusungulwa kwedolobha. Ukuyivakashela, kufanele uye ePlaza de la República, ezimpambanweni zomgwaqo zaseCorrientes nezindlela eziyi-9 de Julio.
ESpain, ikakhulukazi ePaseo Marítimo de La Coruña sithola i- IMillenium Obelisk, itshe eliyimbumba elakhelwe ukukhumbula ukuqala kwekhulu lama-46. Itshe lesikhumbuzo lekristali lensimbi namatshe lingamamitha angama-XNUMX ukuphakama.
ESanta Cruz de Tenerife, eSpain sithola Ukunqoba kweCandelaria, i-obelisk ebaziwe enikezelwe eNcasakazini yaseCandelaria, futhi evelele ngesitayela sayo se-neoclassical.
E-Istanbul, inhlokodolobha yaseTurkey, sithola i- I-Obelisk kaTheodosius, itshe eliyigobongo laseGibhithe likaFaro Tuthmosis III.
Ukwaziswa okwengeziwe: Ama-Obelisk Abalulekile Emhlabeni (Ingxenye 1)
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