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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 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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 | The 60 meters high Monument a Colon was built in 1888 for the World's Fair. | | 09/03/2005 | 381 |
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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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 | Monument erected in 1825 to Comte de Jean Francois de Galaup de Laperouse. No news was heard of Laperouse after he left here on 10 March 1788. He had set up a camp on the beach just to the north of this monument (now called Frenchmans Bay). The grave of Father Le Receveur, who was wounded in Samoa, is at the other end of the path. The area is now the suburb of La Perouse, Sydney. |  | 08/23/2005 | 172 |
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 | Monument to soldiers of American Revolutionary war. Nice obelisk, stairs to top. | | 08/24/2005 | 297 |
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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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 | The Monument was built in the reign of the present King to commemorate the soldiers, policemen and civilians who have lost their lives during the border conflict of Thailand and Indochina. | | 08/18/2005 | 245 |
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