Marconi Obelisk
The Marconi Obelisk in Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, EUR. | |
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| Location | Rome (Italy), Piazza Guglielmo Marconi |
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| Coordinates | 41°50′01″N 12°28′15″E / 41.83354°N 12.47083°E |
| Designer | Arturo Dazzi |
| Material | Carrara marble (coating), reinforced concrete |
| Height | 45.00 m (147.64 ft) |
| Opening date | 1939–1940 1951–1959 |
| Dedicated to | Guglielmo Marconi |
The Obelisk of Marconi, or Obelisk of EUR, is an obelisk of Rome (Italy), counted among the most modern in the city together with the Obelisco Novecento (by Arnaldo Pomodoro) and the obelisks of the Foro Italico, Villa Torlonia and Villa Medici.
A work of the sculptor Arturo Dazzi, it is dedicated to the physicist, inventor and senator Guglielmo Marconi.