Carolina Obelisk Cluj-Napoca

Carolina Obelisk is located in Piata Muzeului (Museum Square), it was built in 1831 with the financial support of the prosecutor Imre Topler. He celebrates the visit in 1817 of the Austrian imperial family, Francisc I and Queen Carolina. The obelisk has a height of 10 m, on its sides being found bas-reliefs that represent the coat of arms of Cluj, a Latin inscription, the entry of the imperial family in Cluj and their visit to different institutions. These were made by the Viennese sculptor, Iosef Klieber.

There can be noticed the angel with effigies in a laurel wreath and the four stone eagles which have wrought iron laurels in their beaks, the latter being made by Anton Csuros and Samuel Nagy from Cluj. The initial location was in Piata Mare (Big Square) of the city, the present Union Square, the monument being found in its present location from 1898.