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HISTORY
Man-Made Landmarks
Largest Monolithic Structures
This list features the largest monolithic structures in human history.
RANK | MONOLITH | WEIGHT (tonnes) | COUNTRY |
1 | Forgotten Stone | 1,650 | Baalbek, Lebanon |
2 | Stone of the South | 1,242 | Baalbek, Lebanon |
3 | Thunder Stone | 1,250 | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
4 | Unfinished obelisk | 1,100 | Aswan, Egypt |
5 | Stone of the Pregnant Woman | 1,000.12 | Baalbek, Lebanon |
6 | Ramesseum | 1,000 | Thebes, Egypt |
7 | Trilithon (3×) | 800 each | Baalbek, Lebanon |
8 | Colossi of Memnon (2×) | 700 each | Thebes, Egypt |
9 | Alexander Column | 600 | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
10 | Great Stele | 520 tons | Axum, Ethiopia |
11 | Gommateshwara statue | 400–600 | Karnataka, India |
12 | Lateran Obelisk and Obelisk of Theodosius | 455 | Rome, Italy & Istanbul, Turkey |
References
Touropia, (n.d.). Largest monoliths in the world. Available at: https://www.touropia.com/largest-monoliths-in-the-world/ [Accessed 1 December 2025].
The Travel, (n.d.). Largest monoliths in the world: highest rock formations. Available at: https://www.thetravel.com/largest-monoliths-world-highest-rock/ [Accessed 1 December 2025].
Wikipedia contributors, (n.d.). List of largest monoliths. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_monoliths [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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