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The
Obelisco
de
Buenos
Aires
(Obelisk
of
Buenos
Aires)
is
a
national
historic
monument
and
icon
of
Buenos
Aires.
Located
in
the
Plaza
de
la
República
in
the
intersection
of
avenues
Corrientes
and
9
de
Julio,
it
was
erected
in
1936
to
commemorate
the
quadricentennial
of
the
first
foundation
of
the
city.Construction
began
on
March
20,
1936,
and
it
was
finished
on
May
23
of
the
same
year.
It
was
designed
by
architect
Alberto
Prebisch
(one
of
the
main
architects
of
the
Argentine
modernism
who
also
designed
the
Teatro
Gran
Rex,
in
Corrientes
and
Suipacha)
at
the
request
of
the
mayor
Mariano
de
Vedia
y
Mitre
(appointed
by
president
Agustín
Pedro
Justo).
For
its
construction,
which
cost
200,000
pesos
moneda
nacional,
680
cubic
meters
(24,000
cu
ft)
of
concrete
and
1,360
square
meters
(14,600
sq
ft)
of
Olaen
white
stone
from
Córdoba
were
used.
The
obelisk
was
built
by
the
German
company
G.E.O.P.E.
-
Siemens
Bauunion
-
Grün
&
Bilfinger,
which
completed
its
work
in
a
record
time
of
31
days,
with
157
workers.
The
rapid
hardening
Incor
cement
was
used
and
was
built
in
sections
of
2
meters
(6
ft
7
in)
to
facilitate
the
dumping
of
concrete.
Its
height
is
67.5
metres
(221
ft),
and
63
metres
(207
ft)
of
these
are
up
to
the
initiation
of
the
apex,
which
is
3.5
by
3.5
meters
(11
by
11
ft).
The
tip
is
blunt,
measuring
40
centimeters
(16
in)
and
ends
in
a
lightning
rod
that
cannot
be
seen
because
of
the
height;
its
cables
run
through
the
interior
of
the
obelisk.
It
has
only
one
entrance
(on
its
west
side)
and
on
its
top
there
are
four
windows,
that
can
only
be
reached
by
a
straight
staircase
of
206
steps
with
7
breaks
every
6–8
meters
(20–26
ft).
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