El Obelisco or Monumento a los Próceres de la Independencia is a monument in Guatemala City, Guatemala built in 1935 under dictator Jorge Ubico and designed by Rafael Pérez De León. It commemorates the independence of Central America. the 18-metre high, 220-ton stone structure is situated on a huge roundabout called Plaza del Obelisco, where the Avenida Reforma, Boulevard Los Próceres, Avenida Las Americas and Boulevard Liberacion meet. - At this place once the neoclassic Palacio de La Reforma stood, destroyed by the earthquakes of 1917/1918 [1]. In 1950, under president Juan José Arévalo, a flame of liberty was installed by the column.