Obelisk na Pražském hradě

In May 1921, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk decided to reveal a memorial plaque to the Czechoslovaks who fell in World War II at Prague Castle. However, the castle architect Josip Plečnik suggested to him that he would erect a granite column in the third courtyard. According to historical records, he justified his proposal by saying that stone expresses a thousand-year-old mass and that using a monolith the Czech granite acquires a resonant name. In addition, the columns of freedom were built by all the victorious world powers. The first monolith from the famous Mrákotín quarry in 1923 broke in the road accident and it was necessary to break the second monolith. It was successfully transported to Prague and was erected at the beginning of November 1928.V květnu roku 1921 se Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk rozhodl odhalit na Pražském hradě pamětní desku Čechoslovákům, kteří padli ve světové válce. Hradní architekt Josip Plečnik mu však navrhl, aby na třetím nádvoří vztyčil žulový sloup. Podle dobových záznamů svůj návrh zdůvodňoval tím, že kámen vyjadřuje tisíciletou hmotu a že užitím monolitu nabude česká žula zvučného jména. Navíc sloupy svobody stavěly všechny vítězné mocnosti. První monolit vylomený ve slavném mrákotínském lomu v roce 1923 se při nehodě na cestě rozlomil a bylo nutné vylomit monolit druhý. Ten se zdárně povedlo do Prahy dopravit a začátkem listopadu 1928 byl vztyčen.

A fairly large obelisk located by the St. Vitus Tower. The Statue of St. George is also nearby. The obelisk is quite tall but it is over-shadowed by the Cathedral.

You can't miss it. They placed a big picture of the obelisk next to the obelisk, in case you missed the obelisk but saw the picture instead.

It's an obelisk, I don't know why maps has it as a separate entity

Stunning square

The obelisk is definitely a must to see. As soon as you look up the obelisk, it fascinates you.

Great Obelisk as far as obelisks go (and I’ve seen a few). I think the critiques of its proximity to the cathedral are a bit over cooked - it really does stand on its own - literally. It is an obelisk. In many ways, it reminds me of the pyramid from Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, which I have just finished playing (still waiting for the final episode of the Fate of Atlantis DLC to drop). You don’t need to buy a ticket to see this fantastic obelisk, so don’t line up, and don’t skip the line. Get the tram to see this obelisk, that way you don’t sweat on the journey to it. Also, Prague gets really busy, so if you just need to quickly see something, this particular obelisk is a quick win. But if you were thinking of flying from Australia JUST for this obelisk, I’d say you should check out some other things as well, such as the huge cathedral next to it.

The obelisk was nothing spectacular. Just looks like a solid marble slab in the shape of an obelisk. Doesn't really fit the old world castle theme of Prague Castle. I almost missed it and didn't take to take a photo of it.

Worth seeing place but not worth like longer looking at it or something like that.