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Obelisco di Marconi
The Marconi Obelisk in Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, EUR.
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41°50′01″N 12°28′15″E / 41.83354°N 12.47083°E / 41.83354; 12.47083
LocationRome (Italy), Piazza Guglielmo Marconi
DesignerArturo Dazzi
MaterialCarrara marble (coating), reinforced concrete
Height45.00 m (147.64 ft)
Opening date1939–1940
1951–1959
Dedicated toGuglielmo Marconi

The Obelisk of Marconi, or Obelisk of EUR, is an obelisk of Rome (Italy), counted among the most modern in the city together with the Obelisco Novecento (by Arnaldo Pomodoro) and the obelisks of the Foro Italico, Villa Torlonia and Villa Medici.

A work of the sculptor Arturo Dazzi, it is dedicated to the physicist, inventor and senator Guglielmo Marconi.

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