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A monument is a type of structure either explicitly created to commemorate a person or important event or which has become important to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, or simply as an example of historic architecture. Everybody knows the most famous cultural monuments in the world, Anyhow, here you will find some if not all most famous monuments around the world as well as some not everybody knows. Each of these cultural icons is a symbol with various meanings, it may represent an epoch, an area, a belief, a culture, a country or a city.

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La estàtua de la llibertat il. lustratiu del món va ser un regal de l'amistat de la gent de França a la gent dels Estats Units i és un símbol universal de la llibertat i la democràcia. L'estàtua de ...

Domain: Culture; Category: General culture

تمثال الحرية المنير كان هدية صداقة من شعب فرنسا إلى شعب الولايات المتحدة العالم ورمزا عالمياً للحرية والديمقراطية. تمثال الحرية كانت مكرسة في 28 أكتوبر 1886، وعينت كنصب تذكاري وطنية في عام 1924 ...

Domain: Culture; Category: General culture

Patung Liberty mencerahkan dunia hadiah persahabatan dari orang-orang Perancis kepada rakyat Amerika Serikat dan merupakan simbol universal kebebasan dan demokrasi. Patung Liberty didedikasikan pada ...

Domain: Culture; Category: General culture

Angkor Wat was first a Hindu, then subsequently a Buddhist, temple complex in Cambodia and the largest religious monument in the world. The temple was built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II in the ...

Domain: Culture; Category: General culture

Easter Island is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle. Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called ...

Domain: Culture; Category: General culture

The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926). Although incomplete, the church is ...

Domain: Culture; Category: General culture

The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italian: Torre pendente di Pisa) or simply the Tower of Pisa (Torre di Pisa) is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa, ...

Domain: Culture; Category: General culture

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