September 12, 1878 –
The magnificent phallic symbol was erected on the bank of the Thames on this date. It doesn’t really have anything to do with Cleopatra.
The obelisk has a twin in New York’s Central Park, also named Cleopatra’s Needle.
It has nothing to do with Cleopatra, either.
There’s one in Paris. It’s not the twin of either the London nor New York one (that would have made it a triplet) and it has nothing to do with Cleopatra either.
Demand Euphoria!
The Haus of Dcaligari 