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"The Traveler's Monument...a large pile of rocks each placed by passing travelers."
"It's an eternal Monument to the human minds that dreamed these machines up, the human hands that turned the plans into cold hard reality, and the human lives spent and lost running them."
"The Georgia Guidestones is a collection of giant stones in a star pattern. It has inscriptions in eight languages... finished in 1980 and was built to last centuries. No one knows who built it or why."
"The Taj Mahal is always said to be a monument to love."
"When you pass that mountain and you see that, and you know what it stands for."
"This garden of Heroes will represent every American from every background."
"The dam was never rebuilt and remained a ruin which became a testament to the pitfalls of completion at all costs."
"Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument in the world."
"One day there will be monuments throughout the country... as a reminder of what happened in these places."
"You know he means business when he has got this monument that is an absolutely chad monument."
"Borglum had a grand vision for the room, which he envisioned as a space dedicated to the history of the United States."
"This monument will never be desecrated, and Mount Rushmore will stand forever as an eternal tribute to our forefathers and to our freedom."
"A monument was built on a tiny island that could rival anything in the ancient world."
"An incredible sight to see and a monument of failure."
"The Eiffel Tower survived protests, war, and Adolf Hitler to become one of the world's most enduring icons."
"Kobe should be in the side of a mountain out here. Dead ass, man."
"Bell. The Colossus of Rhodes, who stood for 54 years, was rendered into a pile of smashed and twisted metal in a matter of seconds. One could have..."
"This monument provides a place for their names to be remembered, commemorated, and honored."
"It's this act of collective contribution that has made the monument grow over time."
"The Great Sphinx: 66 ft tall, carved from a single chunk of limestone."
"These incredible monuments still hold that magnetism and mystery."
"Of all the great monuments of the past, Stonehenge is one of the most enduring and enigmatic."
"Looking at Stonehenge today, what we're actually looking at is the end product of something like 1,500 years of monument building."
"You have a gigantic monument which nobody understands how anybody could build it in the first place."
"Where the magnum opus was supposed to stand as a monument to a critique of human pettiness and fanaticism, it now stands as a sad memorial to the transience of time."
"The breathtaking Monument is the couple's final resting place."
"The record for largest granite block ever carved by humans belongs to each giant monolith in Baalbek, Lebanon."
"The effect of the whole monument would have been very dramatic."
"The battlefield is relatively untouched apart from the great Earth Monument built in the 1840s, the Lion Mound."
"To give up flesh and bone, make a monument that stands among the mountains and the stars, is mostly to shed weakness."
"A monument to love, loss, and the spirit that lives in you."
"A monument to inspired movie making."
"The Taj Mahal's history continues to fascinate visitors and historians alike."
"The black and white of Khrushchev’s grave monument, starkly echoed the contradictions of his eventful life."
"Who could have imagined that this monument is a river into the sky, that it was once a source of life and danger for dinosaurs living in lush forests along its banks?"
"This new monument was erected to the queen in the 19th century however and unlike her previous one it has so far remained intact and can still be seen today if you visit what is hopefully Katherine's final resting place."
"Stonehenge itself is not only the biggest Neolithic structure in Britain, it is also the largest and most complete megalithic monument in Europe."
"The Vietnam Veterans Memorial has changed the way we think about monuments, but also about how we think about sacrifice, and patriotism, and ourselves."
"For thus says the Lord to the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold fast my covenant: I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters."
"The monument commemorates those who fought and died for the dignity and freedom of the Jewish nation, for a free Poland, and for the liberation of humankind."
"Stonehenge marks time as an object of wonder and almost natural beauty."
"Stonehenge is an enduring reminder of the unforgiving march of time."
"The Rog Stone in Sweden is an ancient monument erected by a Viking father mourning the loss of his son."
"We can say that the mound is a monument but it is put in an anti-monumental Place."
"The Tonto Labyrinth was carved into a chunk of plaster within the Inner Room of the Casa Grande monument."
"It's a very impressive monument, but all of that soil used to build it damaged the battlefield."
"I want to create a monument so inspiring that people from all over America will be drawn to come and look and go home better citizens," he said.
"A monument of moments reduced to dust in a minute."
"The monument was very close... Sparks of Hope burned in his eyes."
"The monument’s seven stone towers represent the leaders of the seven tribes that founded Hungary in 895."
"The enormous crater became a monument to the desperation of war."
"It's a monument to natural beauty."
"This is the national monument and dedication to Victor Emmanuel II and it is majestic."
"This tower is the certainty in the midst of the darkness, the ever-present and indestructible monument, the lighthouse, the testimony unto the ages."
"A monument among heavy-duty excavators."
"The Alamo stands as a testament to Texas and to American bravery as a whole."
"What kind of monument measures more than 3 m long, weighs more than 25 tons, and has at least one flat surface?"
"One actually becomes a cemetery, the other, it's there's a monument that a four where Bob it is just alone by himself buried out there."
"A testament in stone, its architectural splendor intended to inspire both wonderment and devotion."
"And now almost 400 years later people visit this Monument from all over the world."
"A monument to the insufficiency of human enjoyments."
"It's Hadrian's Neverland, it's Hadrian's alternate Rome, it's a monument to himself."
"Stonehenge is a famous prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England, dating back to around 3,000 BC."
"We totally understood why A Sophia will always be one of the greatest monuments of the whole world."
"Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world, dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu."
"It is a monument to determination and perseverance."
"...this drawing was perfect for Egyptologist's notebooks... something that showed a very interesting monument."
"If you want to help keep the Togo story alive and its incredible Maine routes, please consider donating to the Togo monument."
"I feel like it's a monument that's been built to him. His life wasn't in vain, it was... something good has come of it."
"Here is the stunning obelisk, a gift from the Egyptians to commemorate the victory of Napoleon."
"At mile marker 426.3 is a lonely monument that you might be inclined to pass by, but it honors one other significant group of travelers who use the Natchez Trace."
"On a hill overlooking the city of Detmold in western Germany, an imposing statue immortalizes the young hero who stood against Rome."
"But the monument will stand forever as a testimonial to the good years."
"This monument itself was built in 1591 and some say it was built to commemorate the end of the plague."
"He wanted the purpose of his Monument to live on long after his death."
"The Waverly Mansion stands as both a monument and Memorial to its own unique era in southern history."
"At the top of the hill you will find the famous Sacré-Cœur basilica, an important political and cultural monument and an architectural marvel."
"Supper's Ready is the monument. That's carved in stone."
"So long as he lives, this island will be a monument to all of those lost. Charles Xavier has dubbed himself the sole protector of ccoa."
"At times his ghosts can be found leaning against this obelisk and weeping."
"The ten commandments monument is going to be taken to by them as a license to claim exclusive authority when in the process of law making in the allocation of public assets."
"Embedded in the flatlands of Kansas, Arrowhead Stadium stands as a monument to the rich history of the Kansas City Chiefs."
"The Incas may be long gone, but walls still stand in mute witness to the glory of the greatest Empire of the ancient Americas."
"Newcastle Castle has stood the test of time, a figure to remember the past and those who came before us."
"Towering over the city of Athens from its hilltop perch, the Acropolis stands as a proud monument to ancient Greece."
"In the heart of the swamp is a towering stone monument not unlike the crouching Jackal of the desert. This 70ft Tall Stone statue of a reclining cat is called the Creeping Watcher."
"The Shakura Monument contains a very cryptic message that reads o-u-o-s-v-a-v-v."
"The Shakura Monument is regularly hailed as one of the world's top unsolved ciphers."
"They haven't won a monument for a quarter of a century."
"That's the Arc of Triumph, a really, really important and cool monument in Paris."
"The Manzanar cemetery site is marked by a monument that was built by a Japanese-American Stone Mason in 1943."
"We've got a statue here of William Gladstone, he was a four-time British prime minister."
"What a beautiful monument with the Maltese Cross sitting on there."
"He came right down this path like I'm walking today and he went over to the other side of the monument to get a special location and everybody was waiting for the arrival of one man: the king."
"Their legacy remains, hewn into the living rock of Stonehenge."
"We propose to make the new monument but not made by the artificial materials made by the nature's."
"Equality is so important that here in Washington, D.C., there is a monument dedicated to Thomas Jefferson."
"The tomb of the unknown soldier is one of the most continuously guarded monuments in the world."
"A new York monument to honor an iconic leader who launched his career here might seem like a natural idea, but making this park a reality was itself a monumental task, requiring decades of relentless advocacy."
"A monument to The Freedman represented a kind of futurity that was not yet possible."
"The GPO of course is famous as the headquarters of the rebels forces in the Easter Rising in 1916, so it's now a sort of national shrine."
"Alfred the Great is best remembered by this spectacular 17-foot tall statue in Winchester."
"Hero Square features the iconic statues complex of the seven chieftains of the Magyars who are believed to have led the Hungarian people from Central Asia to the Carpathian Basin."
"The Yanagi Monument is an extraordinary natural formation created by epic geological forces."
"The mounds themselves tell us that continuity and ancestry was important to these people, serving as a kind of living monument to the long-term occupation of the land."
"The French would finance the statue and the Americans would pay for the pedestal."
"The Arc de Triomphe honors those who fought and died for France during the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars."
"We are now at the very top of the hill, and we are looking at the Mother of Georgia, as it's called. It's a large statue, and you can see it from pretty much everywhere in the downtown city."
"It is a really extraordinary kind of monument, in a sense, to a bygone age."
"This Monumental Tower serves as a symbol of the country's independence and is a significant historical landmark."
"The Arch of Constantine stands between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill."
"We made it to Independence Square and it is massive."
"It should be something that people from that state walk by or drive by and are proud of."
"It's our oldest and most historic monument."
"The most famous of all Khmer monuments today is Angkor Wat."
"It's one of the tallest statues in the world, 16 meters taller than Statue of Liberty in New York."
"I walked around the National Monument, the whole area on foot, and it's very beautiful."
"These people put a huge amount of energy and resources into constructing these monuments."
"The nation's tallest monument stands above the Mississippi River in celebration of the city's role as a gateway to the West."
"The dark purple shadowed hill formed a plinth to a monument of one of nature's grandest creatures."
"Oh, and you know what they call these tickets for the Washington Monument? Free."
"This is the city of Caracol, so this is a massive pyramid."
"This monument honors more than a thousand Romanians who died in the struggle to overthrow the tyrant and free their country."
"Washington Arch stands as a monument for all free men."
"The Yanaguni Monument is subject to continuous study and exploration, and it's only a matter of time before it reveals its secrets."
"A soaring monument to mankind's folly, pettiness, and ultimate glory."
"The oldest freestanding monumental building on the planet."
"This amazing monument does not stand on its own; it is part of a very complex landscape."
"Some townspeople are disgusted that a man who is disliked by quite a few should have such a fine monument."
"The Illinois Monument, modeled after the Pantheon at Rome, is larger than any other monument on any other Civil War battlefield."
"The Great Sphinx of Giza is the largest monolith statue in the world."
"It's a living monument to past achievements and a testament to the hopes of the future."
"For many years, the monument to The Duchess and the stunning views from the summit were hidden by forest."
"The great monument for Fragonard for us in New York especially, but in the world, remains his wonderful room."
"The Great Sphinx of Egypt is the largest stone monolith statue on Earth."
"The monument for the king being built for eternity."
"In this sense, One Wilshire is an unlikely monument."
"If you want to see my monument, look around you."
"It is more than just a mansion; it is a monument that pulsates with life."
"The placement of a statual Monument built by a Freemason Frenchman is a utilitarian means of directing crowds of incoming immigrants."
"This is the most beautiful monument I've ever seen; it made one gasp with wonder and astonishment."
"This is more than a cemetery. It is a monument, a museum to the deceased who have written the history of this country."
"Sculptured chimneys and bold buttresses, which, are another architectural triumph of this great monument."
"It's a monument to symbolize freedom."
"The monument was a way of immortalizing who those people were."
"Only one thing stood intact, towering over the ruins: it was a gigantic statue of white, gray, and green jade."
"Newgrange... was one of the very first major monuments to be made by human hands."
"Founders' Honor, the 50-foot tall monument, is made in honor of our great founder, the hero Alcadian Indros."
"That there is the Eyes of the Hawk, a monument that depicts the twin wizards Kaelin and Rummer Vander Ale and their adventuring party, Eyes of the Hawk, as they battled the Three Six that came from within the Irispan."
"The golden driller was originally built in 1952, but in 1979, the Oklahoma Legislature voted to make this the state monument."
"The Great Bridge also called Joseph's Bridge became a symbol of, and a monument to, Habar undivided."
"The mystery surrounding its origin and the sheer number of crosses make it a haunting and perplexing sight."
"The African Renaissance statue is a magnificent statue."
"This is a monument that is near and dear to my own heart."
"A Hellenistic king... commissioned this monument to honor himself."
"Transforms this Greek Hellenistic monument into an Augustan monument."
"The cross is more than 300 feet long and is made up of thousands of carefully planted trees."
"It is a monument for those who are left behind to those that have departed."
"The famous stone circle in Wiltshire, England, known as Stonehenge, is regularly hailed as one of the world's most important ancient monuments."
"The famous Eleanor Crosses that mark the progress of her body from her death place to London."
"We have Giant's Ring which dates to roughly 5,000 years ago, a giant earthwork with accompanying stoneworks."
"New Armstrong statue and the replica of his giant leaps on the face of the Moon, that's my favorite spot on campus."
"I climbed up the huge marble steps to his statue and I looked east across the National Mall... it was just so peaceful."
"Diana sat alone on a bench in front of the most famous monument of love."
"The bridge, however, is still there, a monument to the ingenuity and determination of the men who built the Copper River and Northwestern Railway."
"It has two marble bases, four gold columns, an angel of victory, four eagles, topped off with the Greek god of wisdom."
"We saw a newborn, Newborn Monument."
"For the last 2,000 years, Athens has been dominated by the Acropolis, a monument that represents Greece's golden period."
"The Gateway of India is a monument that was built in the 20th century."
"Welcome to Dinosaur National Monument."
"The mound here at Sutton Hoo has been reconstructed to what probably would have been its original height, and it's truly a sight to behold."
"This is a monument to the heroes of Warsaw, a symbol of victory over the Nazi occupation, a symbol of the rebirth of the city of Warsaw."
"Four presidents are immortalized in the stone of Mount Rushmore."
"The Sphinx, as old as the pyramids, was carved out of a piece of hard rock that stuck above the limestone plateau, with the body of a lion and the head of a king or god."
"The sculpture of Decebalus is kind of like the Mount Rushmore of Romania."
"We hope this gives you a good overview of this vast National Monument."
"Hiking through Bears Ears National Monument and paddling the San Juan River, I really feel connected to something bigger than myself."
"It's a monument to them, a shrine to the house, to the Gropius's efforts on behalf of the design ideals."
"Mount Rushmore has four guys on it."
"This is the most important monument in this entire population. I want to introduce you to the arch of the whale bones."
"It's very important to have your name endure... that his monument might be established for out the length of time and eternity."
"Mount Rushmore one of the great natural wonders of the world."
"This is called Cleopatra's Needle and it says it was erected first in Heliopolis, Egypt, in 1600 BC."
"This has got to be one of the more under the radar national monuments around."
"...the Washington Monument stood tall and bright against the evening sky; it was one of the most beautiful views of the city that I got to see..."
"The India Gate, erected to commemorate the landing in India of the Imperial majesties King George and Queen Mary."
"The mausoleum of Hadrian, one of the greatest and largest and best preserved monuments from ancient Rome."
"This is a permanent monument to the ideals of Atlantic City, built by its citizens."
"The Gateway Arch in Saint Louis is the tallest man-made monument in the U.S., standing 630 feet high."
"The Grand Canyon was named a national monument in 1908 and then a national park in 1919."
"Thou who passed on this path, if haply thou dost mark this monument, laugh not, I pray thee, though this is a dog's grave."
"The monument is stunning, it's something you can see as you drive by."
"It's so glorious, you see that statue up there? That's Britannia, royal Britannia."
"Each face is around 60 feet high; it's one of the biggest sculptures ever created."
"If you're ever on Paseo Montejo, you have to come up to the head of it here on the North side and check out this monument."
"It's like absolutely beautiful, perfect weather for seeing this absolute insanely beautiful monument."
"We're walking towards the Holocaust Monument, the memorial monument for all the people that were killed during the Holocaust in World War II."
"All have heard of the Statue of Liberty."
"In honor of that loyalty, this statue of this monument was erected."
"One of the best known and well-preserved Buddhist monuments in Gandhara is the stupa and Monastery of Takht-i-Bahi."