The 170 meter ( 560 ' ) structure contains 25,550 blocks ( 365 Ã -- 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 ' . The 170 m structure is a four sided tapering 150 m spire ( the tallest in granite ) containing 25,550 blocks ( 365 Ã -- 70 , one for each day of Kim Il Sung 's life , excluding supplementary days ) , dressed in white stone with seventy dividers and capped with a 20 m high , 45 ton , illuminated metal torch .