The 170-metre ( 560 ft ) structure is a four-sided tapering 150-metre ( 490 ft ) spire - the tallest in granite - containing 25,550 blocks ( 365 × 70 : one for each day of Kim Il Sung 's life , excluding supplementary days for leap years ) , dressed in white stone with seventy dividers and capped with a 20-metre ( 66 ft ) - high 45-ton illuminated metal torch .
The 170 meter ( 560 ' ) structure contains 25,550 blocks ( 365 × 70 , one for each day of Kim Il Sung 's life , excluding remainder days ) , dressed in white stone with seventy dividers and capped with a 20 meter high , 45 ton , shining torch allegedly made out of ` special materials ' .