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line-height: 1.4em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold;">Obelisk</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">Czech: <i>Obelisk na Pražském hradě</i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Prague_Castle,_Obelisk_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Prague_Castle%2C_Obelisk_2.JPG/270px-Prague_Castle%2C_Obelisk_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="270" height="360" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Prague_Castle%2C_Obelisk_2.JPG/405px-Prague_Castle%2C_Obelisk_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Prague_Castle%2C_Obelisk_2.JPG/540px-Prague_Castle%2C_Obelisk_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3072" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The obelisk in 2012</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="200" data-zoom="13" data-lat="50.0902" data-lon="14.4001" data-overlays="["_78238ef1343053597da5dff2638651e7d061aa4c"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/13/50.0902/14.4001/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,50.0902,14.4001,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Obelisk_%28Prague_Castle%29&revid=1264235821&groups=_78238ef1343053597da5dff2638651e7d061aa4c" width="270" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,50.0902,14.4001,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Obelisk_%28Prague_Castle%29&revid=1264235821&groups=_78238ef1343053597da5dff2638651e7d061aa4c 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Artist</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/Jo%C5%BEe_Ple%C4%8Dnik" title="Jože Plečnik">Jože Plečnik</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Prague" title="Prague">Prague</a>, Czech Republic</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Obelisk_(Prague_Castle)&params=50.0902_N_14.4001_E_source:wikidata_type:landmark"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">50°05′25″N</span> <span class="longitude">14°24′00″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">50.0902°N 14.4001°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">50.0902; 14.4001</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>obelisk at Prague Castle</b> (<a href="/wiki/Czech_language" title="Czech language">Czech</a>: <i lang="cs">Obelisk na Pražském hradě</i> or <i>Mrákotínský monolit</i>) is a granite monolith and <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> memorial designed by <a href="/wiki/Jo%C5%BEe_Ple%C4%8Dnik" title="Jože Plečnik">Jože Plečnik</a>, installed at <a href="/wiki/Prague_Castle" title="Prague Castle">Prague Castle</a> in <a href="/wiki/Prague" title="Prague">Prague</a>, Czech Republic. It stands 16 meters high.<sup id="cite_ref-cityline_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cityline-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is located in the Third Castle Courtyard.<sup id="cite_ref-perennis_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-perennis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The obelisk was donated by <a href="/wiki/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_Garrigue_Masaryk" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk">Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cityline_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cityline-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was erected in late 1928 to mark the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/First_Czechoslovak_Republic" title="First Czechoslovak Republic">First Czechoslovak Republic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-perennis_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-perennis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The obelisk was originally to have been much larger, but while it was being transported to its intended location in 1928, it broke in two, and only part could be salvaged.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. 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Courtyard with the seat of the president of the Republic"</a>. <i>Prague City Line</i>. Archived from the original on April 15, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2017-11-05</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Prague+City+Line&rft.atitle=Prague+Castle+%E2%80%93+III.+Courtyard+with+the+seat+of+the+president+of+the+Republic&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.praguecityline.com%2Fprague-monuments%2Fprague-castle-iii-courtyard-with-the-seat-of-the-president-of-the-republic&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AObelisk+%28Prague+Castle%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-perennis-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-perennis_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-perennis_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDamjan_Prelovšek1997" class="citation book cs1">Damjan Prelovšek (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0300069537"><i>Jože Plečnik 1872–1957: Architectura perennis</i></a>. 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Wenceslas Square">Statue of Saint Wenceslas, Wenceslas Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Taras_Shevchenko,_Sm%C3%ADchov" title="Statue of Taras Shevchenko, Smíchov">Statue of Taras Shevchenko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_Garrigue_Masaryk,_Prague" title="Statue of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Prague">Statue of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trigae_(National_Theatre)" title="Trigae (National Theatre)">Trigae</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%ADt%C4%9Bzslav_H%C3%A1lek_Memorial" title="Vítězslav Hálek Memorial">Vítězslav Hálek Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimmer%27s_Fountain" title="Wimmer's Fountain">Wimmer's Fountain</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Winged_Lion_Memorial" title="Winged Lion Memorial">Winged Lion Memorial</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson_Monument" title="Woodrow Wilson Monument">Woodrow Wilson Monument</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_Titans" title="Wrestling Titans">Wrestling 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