Victoria Embankment, London WC2N 6, UK
Cleopatra's Needle in London is one of three similar named Egyptian obelisks and is located in the City of Westminster, on the Victoria Embankment near the Golden Jubilee Bridges. It is close to the Embankment underground station. It was presented to the United Kingdom in 1819 by the ruler of Egypt and Sudan Muhammad Ali, in commemoration of the victories of Lord Nelsonat the Battle of the Nile and Sir Ralph Abercromby at the Battle of Alexandria in 1801.
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