Obelisque de Louxor is an Ancient Egyptian obelisk located in Paris, France, originally erected in honor of the Pharaoh Ramesses II at the Temple at Luxor in Egypt. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| -1400/00/00 | Ramesses II | Honour | "Obelisque de Louxor" is erected at the Temple at Luxor, Egypt, in honor of Pharaoh Ramesses II. | Temple at Luxor | Luxor | ||
| 1831/00/00 | Viceroy of Egypt, Mohammed Ali, gives the King of France, Louis-Philippe, a gift of an obelisk from Luxor. | Temple at Luxor | Luxor | ||||
| 1832/00/00 | A flat bottomed, three masted freighter, LOUQSOR, built at the Toulon naval yard, sails up the Nile to Luxor where 300 workmen have dug a canal to allow the boat to come close to the obelisk. | Temple at Luxor | Luxor | ||||
| 1832/08/00 | The French paddle ship SPHINX sails to Alexandria to rendezvous with the barge LOUQSOR and the "Obelisque de Louxor". | Alexandria | Egypt | ||||
| 1833/04/01 | The SPHINX, towing THE LOUQSOR loaded the "Obelisque de Louxor", departs for France. | ||||||
| 1833/05/10 | The paddle ship SPHINX and the LOUQSOR arrive in Toulon, France. | ||||||
| 1833/08/12 | The SPHINX, towing the LOUQSOR, reaches Cherbourg, France. | ||||||
| 1833/12/21 | Shipped from Luxor via Alexandria and Cherbourg, the "Obelisque de Louxor" arrives in Paris, France. | ||||||
| 1835/00/00 | The original Egyptian pedestal of the "Obelisque de Louxor", decorated with carvings of baboons, is determined too obscene for public exhibition. The pedestal is on display in the Egyptian section of the Musee du Louvre. | Louvre Museum | Paris | ||||
| 1836/10/25 | Louis Philippe I | Monarch | The "Obelisque de Louxor" is raised up at the Place de la Concorde during a ceremony orchestrated by King Louis-Philippe I. | Place de la Concorde | Paris | ||
| 1993/12/01 | The French AIDS Charity, Act Up Paris, sheaths "Obelisque de Louxor" with a giant pink condom on World AIDS Day. | ||||||
| 1998/00/00 | The government of France installs a gold-leafed pyramidion, a pyramid cap, on the top of the obelisk. The original pyramidion was probably stolen in the 6th century BC. | ||||||
| 2000/00/00 | Alain Robert, the French Spiderman, free climbs the "Obelisque de Louxor". |
| Particulars for Obelisque de Louxor (sculpture): | |||
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| Area of Significance | Art | expression of creative skill and imagination such as painting or sculpture | |
| Fine Art | Colossal Sculpture | ||
| Geology | Granite | a very hard, granular, crystalline, igneous rock consisting mainly of quartz, mica, and feldspar and often used as a building stone | |
| Structure | Obelisk | a stone pillar, typically having a square or rectangular cross section and a pyramidal top | |
| Sight Category | Object | ||
| Attribute | Outdoor | ||
| Fine Art | Relief Sculpture | ||
| Art Type | Sculpture | ||
| Historic Use | Work of Art | ||
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