OBELISQUE-PORT

In the center of the royal square a 33 meters high, the Obelisk was built at the request of Marshal De Mailly, to the glory of King Louis XVI. Made of pink marble from Villefranche de Conflent and white marble from Estagel by the architect of enlightenment, Charles de Wailly, it is decorated with 4 bronze bas-reliefs representing independent America, the Navy raised, servitude in France abolished and freedom of trade. At the four corners of the grid, four allegorical trophies evoke the known continents of that era: Asia, Africa, Europe and America.
The building has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1920.