Saint-Augustin obelisk
Saint-Augustin, France
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Designed by Claude Nicolas Ledoux in 1765, this obelisk stands in Saint-Augustin, Seine-et-Marne, as a classified historical monument. Ledoux, a leading figure of French Enlightenment architecture, created the structure during a period of neoclassical revival when such ancient Egyptian forms were gaining favor among European architects and patrons seeking to evoke classical grandeur and rational order.
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- Built
- Type
- obelisk
- Heritage
- classified historical monument
- Place
- Saint-Augustin, France
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