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 | Fondly known as Hermann the German, the Hermann Monument in New Ulm dominates the Minnesota River Valley skyline. Inspired by a similar monument near Detmold, Germany, this colossal figure served as an important symbol for members of Sons of Hermann, a fraternal organization of German Americans. In 1885 the 362 Sons of Hermann lodges across the country committed themselves to the construction o... |  | 01/26/2007 | 258 | 
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 | The Hermannsdenkmal (German for Hermann monument) is located in North Rhine Westphalia in Germany in the Southern part of the Teutoburg Forest, which is southwest of Detmold in the district of Lippe. It stands on the densely forested and 386 m tall Teutberg in the ring fortification located there, which is called Grotenburg. The sword has the following inscription:
Deutschlan... |  | 07/31/2005 | 511 |
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 | The Atatürk Monument situated in the center of Cumhuriyet Meydanı, or Republic Square, is an impressive statue of Atatürk mounted on a horse. This monument erected in 1933. Overlay also shows highest building of Izmir, Hilton. Image overlay in color. Izmir-Turkey. |  | 09/26/2005 | 706 |
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 | Hermann Görings guest house not far away from his own estate Carinhall outside Berlin at Lake Dölln.
http://www.roland-harder.de/carinhall/goerings_carinhall.html
Today it's a hotel:
http://www.doellnsee.de/ | | 08/01/2009 | 241 |
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 | The acropolis is in fact an unfinished monument - originally called the "National Monument". Initiated in 1816, a year after Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, it was meant to be a replica of the Parthenon in Athens, as a memorial to those who had died in the Napoleonic Wars.
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 | This overlay shows a part of Hamburg city center (between Michaeliskirche and Bismarck monument) in 1943. | | 08/04/2006 | 423 |
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 | This monument is called "makam echahid" which means the place where the martyre rests. It's a monument in memory of all the martyrs who died during the independence war agaisnt the french colonization. |  | 10/19/2006 | 557 |
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 | On the hills above Paarl lies the Afrikaans Language Monument, erected in 1975. It is (apparently) the only monument in the world dedicated to a language. | | 09/14/2005 | 216 |
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 | Built to commemorate the life of the novelist, Sir Walter Scott the monument was finished on 15th August 1846.
The Scott Monument is 200 ft. 6in high and 55ft. square at the base; the highest gallery is reached by climbing a total of 287 steps.
It has been described as a Gothic Rocket, you can get an impression of this from the shadow.
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 | Monument dedicated to John George Lambton, the first Governor of Canada. | | 12/04/2005 | 267 |
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 | A monument celebrating the turn of the century, located in central Beijing.
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 | Completed in 1891, the Bennington Battle Monument is a stone obelisk structure that stands 306 feet tall. The monument was built to commemorate the Revolutionary War Battle of Bennington. It is the tallest structure in the state of Vermont. | | 08/21/2007 | 263 |
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