The obelisk, which originally stood in the ancient city of Thebes, dates from the 13th century bc, making it the oldest monument in Paris.

The gates at the western end of the jardins des Tuileries. The obelisk, in place de la Concorde, behind, was given by the viceroy of Egypt, Muhammad Ali, to Charles the 10th in 1829.

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