Luxor Obelisks

The Obelisk of Luxor at the centre of the Place de la Concorde, Paris

The remaining obelisk at Luxor Temple pylon

Both obelisks in their original position before the pylon of Luxor Temple, 1832

The Luxor Obelisks (French: Obélisques de Louxor) are a pair of ancient Egyptian obelisks, over 3,000 years old, carved to stand either side of the portal of the Luxor Temple in the reign of Ramesses II (c. 1250 BC). The right-hand (western) stone, 23 metres (75 ft) high, was moved in the 1830s to the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France, while the left-hand (eastern) obelisk remains in its location in Egypt.

The Luxor Obelisk in Paris was classified officially as a monument historique in 1936.