Obelisk (Saint-Vrain)

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Obelisk in Saint-Vrain

The obelisk in Saint-Vrain , a French commune in the Essonne department in the Île-de-France region , was erected in 1750. The obelisk has been on the list of architectural monuments in France as a Monument historique since 1948 .

The twelve-meter-high obelisk in the forest of Saint-Vrain was commissioned by the then landlord Louis Duval de L'Épinoy. The obelisk marks a point where several avenues meet and one of them led to the owner's castle.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Essonne. Flohic Éditions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-126-0 , p. 156.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obélisque de Saint-Vrain in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 32 ′ 37.4 "  N , 2 ° 18 ′ 48.1"  E