Obelisks

[jembo]

The Real McCoy as I know JBo... some ppl might hate seeing it but it's a fave with most. here's another fave of mine..... The Obelisk erected in Honour of the Statesman J.H.E. Bernstorff in Gentofte, North of Copenhagen. 1788. PS; Did I tell ye the largest Obelisk in all Europe is the Welly beyond in the park.

Yes I think you mentioned that before,do you know which is the tallest one in the world?

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

The Kagul Obelisk in Tsarskoye Selo is one of several such structures erected on behest of Catherine II of Russia in 1772 to commemorate Pyotr Rumyantsev's victory in the Battle of Kagul. Designed by Antonio Rinaldi, the dark grey-and-red marble obelisk stands in the landscape park of the Catherine Palace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagul_Obelisk

Very neat JBo.

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

Romanov Obelisk in Alexander Garden
The monument, known during the first four years of its existence as the Romanov Obelisk, was erected in honour of the three-hundredth anniversary of the House of the Romanovs, was remade as a monument to socialist thinkers during the Soviet era, and was in 2013 dismantled for reconstruction, restored and reopened.
http://en.travel2moscow.com/where/vi...bject4712.html

Nice one JBo. now here's a special one and it's on the land where Tom Clarke had his farm in Manorville USA. Tom Cklarke of Tobacco Shop... Meeting House and Message Exchange fame, on Parnell Street ...the same Tom Clarke who was second to be executed by the Brits after the Rising.

[jembo]

Nice one JBo. now here's a special one and it's on the land where Tom Clarke had his farm in Manorville USA. Tom Cklarke of Tobacco Shop... Meeting House and Message Exchange fame, on Parnell Street ...the same Tom Clarke who was second to be executed by the Brits after the Rising.

Ah, sure that's a grand little one DTW

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ca...belisk1878.jpg
Port Elizabeth Market Square with the Obelisk and drinking fountain - 1878

What a beauty there JBo... Did ye know there is a neat little one up in St Enda's where Paddy P had his skuwill..... I hear it's the bees.

[bigby]

still loving this thread and still learning, thank you

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ca..._Greenland.jpg

Robert Peary monument at Cape York Greenland Picture taken April 1993 while repairing VHF Telephone relay station seen in the background
Henrik thomsen - Own work

How unusual....great find there JBo.

[dunwack]

Bicton Obelisk and Stone Cross located on a crossroad outside the village of Otterton East Devon.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tollhou...n/photostream/

I think you two, are talking a load of old obelisk, :

[jembo]

I think you two, are talking a load of old obelisk, :

Now,why didn't I think of that you auld obelisk....

[Martin]

Great story Jembo, Thanks for sharing.

[quinner]

Great Work Jembo......And you just been to Helles and back....

[jembo]

Great Work Jembo......And you just been to Helles and back....

Not quite Atlantis joe...sorry to disappoint you.

[quinner]

Not quite Atlantis joe...sorry to disappoint you.

Saw a man from there many years ago.....


Then he died in Dallas.....RIP...

[cogito]

The Basra Memorial commemorates more than 40,500 members of the Commonwealth forces who died in the operations in Mesopotamia from the Autumn of 1914 to the end of August 1921 and whose graves are not known.

It used to be on the main quay of the naval dockyard at Maqil. In 1997, it was re-sited at a place along the road to Nasiriyah. The move, carried out by the authorities in Iraq, involved a considerable amount of manpower, transport costs and sheer engineering on their part, and the Memorial has been re-erected in its entirety.


http://www.history.com/topics/9-11-a...s/911-timeline

Must have been when Sadaam was a 'good' guy... have any of these commonwealth memorials in the Middle East and North Africa fallen victim to the recent turmoil in the region ?

[jembo]

Must have been when Sadaam was a 'good' guy... have any of these commonwealth memorials in the Middle East and North Africa fallen victim to the recent turmoil in the region ?

Don't know,you'd have to look it up.