TheLuxor Obelisk is anEgyptianobelisk offered toNapoleon Bonaparte byMuhammad Ali Pasha. It was moved to Paris in1830. It is currently installed in the center of the famousPlace de la Concorde inParis. It is sometimes also namedConcorde Obelisk. It is 23meters tall andweighs of 234metric tons. It is built inSyenite.
