| Chester Castle | ... the local ward is the City ward electing 3 councillors. A small area around | remains a civil parish of Chester Castle. The Member of Parliament for the ... |
| USS Indianapolis | ... Notable naval vessels built at New York Ship include the ill-fated cruiser | and the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk. In 1962, the first commercial nuc ... |
| Fountains Abbey | ... he survive a serious illness. He recovered and agreed to give the Abbot of | land at Barnoldswick in the West Riding of Yorkshire (now in Lancashire) o ... |
| Albert Einstein Memorial | ... the Old Post Office Pavilion, the National Theatre, Ford's Theatre, and the | to the north; the National Postal Museum and Union Station to the northeas ... |
| Kents Cavern | Torquay has numerous tourist attractions, including | , Britain's most important Stone Age site, which was home to early man for ... |
| Brandenburg Gate | ... eral capital Berlin, mainly based on the Straße des 17. Juni and around the | . Furthermore, the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, which traditionall ... |
| Hovenweep National Monument | ... illo National Monument) to some of the remotest areas of the continent like | in southeastern Utah, to Aniakchak National Monument in King Salmon, Alask ... |
| Marble Arch | In 1571, the "Tyburn Tree" was erected near the modern | . The "Tree" or "Triple Tree" was a novel form of gallows, comprising a ho ... |
| Devils Tower National Monument | National Monuments preserve a single unique cultural or natural feature. | was the first in 1906 |
| Palace of Holyroodhouse | ... the social calendar. The Sovereign's official residence in Scotland is the | in Edinburgh. The monarch stays at Holyrood for at least one week each yea ... |
| Stonehenge | ... s, is a phenomenon sometimes referred to as Manhattanhenge (by analogy with | ). On separate occasions in late May and early July, the sunset is aligned ... |
| Severn-Cotswold | ... 00 Before Present (BP). In 1937 the Parc Cwm long cairn was identified as a | type of chambered long barrow. Also known as Parc le Breos burial chamber, ... |
| Bertha Benz Memorial Route | Mannheim is also the location of both the start and the finish of | |
| Cabrillo National Monument | ... , Atlanta (Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site), and San Diego ( | ) to some of the remotest areas of the continent like Hovenweep National M ... |
| Nelson's Column | ... rld War I, is a smaller copy of one of Edwin Henry Landseer's four lions at | in London's Trafalgar Square. On the opposite side of Church Street from t ... |
| Tsitsernakaberd | ... llennium B.C., fortified settlements from the Bronze Age include Shengavit, | , Teishebaini, Arin Berd, Karmir Berd and Berdadzor. Archaeological eviden ... |
| walled cities | ... e are actually Victorian restorations. Chester is one of the best preserved | in Britain. Apart from a section, the listed Grade I walls are almost comp ... |
| Madonna of the Trail | The town contains one of the twelve | monuments created by sculpto |
| Inchgarvie | Where possible, the bridge used natural features such as | , an island, the promontories on either side of the firth at this point, a ... |
| Russell Cave National Monument | Of special interest is | , which is located in Doran Cove, approximately 5 miles west of the town o ... |
| Mamucium | ... case for another Watling Street in Lancashire, which runs from Manchester ( | ) via Affetside to Ribchester (Bremetennacum), and hence ultimately led to ... |
| Norman Cross | ... tion of items made by French prisoners of war. These prisoners were kept at | on the outskirts of Peterborough from 1797 to 1814, in what is believed to ... |
| Taj Mahal | ... ificant historical cultural landmarks in the world; Other sites include the | , Great Pyramids and the Grand Canyon in the United States |
| Fountains Abbey | ... n the border of a stream; often with the buildings extending over it, as at | . These valleys, now so rich and productive, had a very different appearan ... |
| Fort Stanwix | ... stop in Mohawk to have lunch at the Shoemaker Tavern on his way to and from | in Rome, NY |
| Wallace Monument | In 1869 the | was erected, very close to the site of his victory at Stirling Bridge. The ... |
| Fontevraud Abbey | ... sed of attempting to poison the king, and to avoid arrest, sought refuge in | where she died two years later, but none of this can be confirmed |
| Dolaucothi | ... extensively by the Romans, and can still be seen at many sites, such as the | goldmines. They used the aqueducts to prospect for ores by sluicing away t ... |
| Stonehenge | ... ennium BC in places like Palmela (Portugal), Cortes de Navarra (Spain), and | (United Kingdom). However, as often happens with the study of times, the u ... |
| Beenalaght | Evidence of pre-historic settlement is found in | (13.6 km/8.5 miles south-west of Mallow), where an alignment of six standi ... |
| Augusta Raurica | During the days of the Roman Empire, the settlement of | was founded 10 or 20 kilometres upstream of present Basel, and a castle wa ... |
| Australian National Maritime Museum | ... e. A replica of Endeavour was launched in 1994 and is berthed alongside the | in Sydney Harbour. The space shuttle Endeavour is named for the original s ... |
| Domus de Janas | ... re-nuragic constructions that characterise the Sardinian landscapes are the | (Sardinian:House of the Fairies or of the Witches), the Giants' graves, th ... |
| Tantallon Castle | ... s in his favour with total disregard for the law. Soon he was imprisoned in | . Later he was released on the condition that he would live peacefully but ... |
| Isle of May | To the north east, the | on the coast of the East Neuk of Fife, can be seen |
| Queenhithe | ... 31 July "the anniversary of the Grand Aquatic Regatta of the inhabitants of | ", when "a handsome Wherry" and other prizes were contended for by "six of ... |
| Copán | ... important part of that prehistory was the Mayan presence around the city of | , in western Honduras which is near the Guatemalan border. Copan is a majo ... |
| Leonis Adobe | ... ian, hiking, and mountain biking trails. Nearby to the south is the pioneer | National Historic Landmark, with gardens and a historical Museum. It's acr ... |
| Arch of Constantine | ... ing victory in the Battle of the Milvian Bridge (312), a triumphal arch—the | —was built (315) to celebrate it; the arch is decorated with images of Vic ... |
| Moseley Bog | ... rly to listen to bird song, at organised events. The first ever was held at | in Birmingham, England in 1984, by the |
| Marble Arch | ... n was a village in the county of Middlesex close to the current location of | in present-day London. It took its name from the Tyburn or Teo Bourne 'bou ... |
| Payava | ... ains of the tombs of the rulers of ancient Lycia, among them the Nereid and | monuments. In 1857 Charles Newton was to discover the 4th-century BC Mauso ... |
| Devenish | ... mention of nine places in Ireland (including Armagh, Clonmacnoise, Clones, | and Sligo) where communities of Culdees were established as a kind of anne ... |
| Mnajdra | ... ija on the Mediterranean island of Gozo (in the Maltese archipelago) and of | (Malta) are notable for their gigantic Neolithic structures, the oldest of ... |
| Capela dos Ossos | ... e Czech Republic, the Skull Chapel in Czermna in Lower Silesia, Poland, and | (Chapel of bones) in the city of Évora, in Portugal. The village of Wamba ... |
| chambered tomb | ... so known as Parc le Breos burial chamber, it is a partly restored Neolithic | . The megalithic burial chamber, or "cromlech", was built around 6,000 BP. ... |
| Tsitsernakaberd | The Armenian Genocide museum is found at the foot of | memorial and features numerous eyewitness accounts, texts and photographs ... |
| Arch of Constantine | ... riod and the early life of Constantine. Contemporary architecture, like the | in Rome and palaces in Gamzigrad and Córdoba, epigraphic remains, and the ... |
| Bremetennacum | ... ashire, which runs from Manchester (Mamucium) via Affetside to Ribchester ( | ), and hence ultimately led to another 'foreign land' in Saxon times, that ... |
| Oklahoma City National Memorial | ... federal buildings to deter future terrorist attacks. On April 19, 2000, the | was dedicated on the site of the Murrah Federal Building, commemorating th ... |
| Carrizo Plain | ... ge blocks of desert scrubland in the southern San Joaquin Valley and in the | which is just outside the valley but has a similar landscape |
| Ulysses S. Grant Memorial | ... SW to 3rd Street NW and SW, removing Union Square (the area containing the | and the Capitol Reflecting Pool) from NPS jurisdiction |
| Arc de Triomphe | ... France, with François Rude, best known from his group of the 1830s from the | in Paris, and David d'Angers |
| Giants' grave | ... the Domus de Janas (Sardinian:House of the Fairies or of the Witches), the | s, the Betili (Sardinian: Menhir), Dolmens and Holy wells |
| Lincoln Memorial | ... s. Eleven are on the National Mall, the strip of land that runs between the | and the United States Capitol. Other museums are located elsewhere in Wash ... |
| the abbey | ... issance burgh. Some of the surviving buildings of the fire were the palace, | and the Abbot's House |
| Washington Square Park | ... vements. In 1912, about 20,000 workers, a quarter of them women, marched on | to commemorate the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which killed 146 work ... |
| cemetery | ... Highpoint buildings. Highgate is also famous for its atmospheric Victorian | in which the communist philosopher is buried |
| Manneken Pis | ... - Malmedy massacre trial - Man Bites Dog - Manifesto for Walloon culture - | - Marollen - Marols - Martens, Wilfried - Matsys, Quentin - Mariage, Benoî ... |
| Mount Fuji | ... arded first prize for a design that would have been situated at the base of | ; the hall he conceived was a fusion of Shinto shrine architecture and the ... |
| George Rogers Clark National Historical Park | ... jects. Appomattox Court House National Historical Park was created in 1940. | was dedicated in 1936. Historic sites may also be protected in national pa ... |
| National Historical Museum | ... lace of Culture. The Italian-built municipal building was detonated and the | was constructed instead, while the structure housing the Parliament of Alb ... |
| Warwick Castle | ... val to Roger de Beaumont, the Earl of Warwick and owner of the neighbouring | , and the king made Clinton the sheriff in Warwickshire to act as a counte ... |
| Goetheanum | ... the arts. The Anthroposophical Society has its international center at the | in Dornach, |
| Kirkstall | Robert de Lacy gave the manor of Accrington to the monks of | in the 12th century. The monks built a grange there; removing the inhabita ... |
| Antiquities Act | ... orizing legislation or, in the case of national monuments created under the | , presidential proclamation. For example, because of provisons within thei ... |
| Arc de Triomphe | ... ated in the Battle of Castricum. The French victory was commemorated on the | in Paris as |
| Campo de Cahuenga | ... und the date of the original signing, a historical ceremony is conducted at | State Historic Park and site. From time to time, some of the descendants h ... |
| Dinosaur National Monument | ... initial blueprints for the CRSP included two dams on the Green River within | 's Echo Park Canyon, a move criticized by both the U.S. National Park Serv ... |
| Steep Holm | ... h is otherwise only found on a few other islands, including Ailsa Craig and | |
| Jackson Hole National Monument | ... stablish a National Monument in Jackson Hole. In 1943 Roosevelt created the | using the land donated from the Snake River Land Company and adding additi ... |
| Peace Arch | ... labor unions in the US and Canada organized a concert at the International | on the border between Washington state and the Canadian province of Britis ... |
| Highgate Cemetery | ... of his beloved Lizzie, buried the bulk of his unpublished poems with her at | , though he would later have them dug back up. He idealised her image as D ... |
| Vietnam Women's Memorial | ... currently consists of three separate parts: the Three Soldiers statue, the | , and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, which is the best-known part of ... |
| Scotts Bluff | ... through Gothenburg, Nebraska and passing Courthouse Rock, Chimney Rock, and | , clipping the edge of Colorado at Julesburg, Colorado, before arriving at ... |
| Melrose Abbey | ... of Thomas Purnell of Scarborough. Brewster died in 1868, and was buried at | , next to his first wife and second son. The physics building at Heriot Wa ... |
| Lincoln Memorial | ... s a noted orator; two of his best-known speeches were an endorsement of the | and his call to make Mother's Day a holiday. His choice as Memorial Day sp ... |
| Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial | File:Genocide Yerevan memorial.jpg| | File:Viw from cascade2008.jpg|Kentron Distric |
| Kents Cavern | ... nhabited since paleolithic times is shown by human bones and tools found in | in Torquay. A maxilla fragment known as Kents Cavern 4 may be the oldest e ... |
| Etruria Industrial Museum | ... t the junction of the Trent and Mersey Canal with the Caldon Canal,opposite | |
| Aztec Ruins National Monument | File:Aztec ruins buildings in 2011.jpg| | is a popular attraction near Aztec |
| monument to Sir Bevil Grenville | The site of the battle is marked by a | , who died after the battle in Cold Ashton Rectory |
| Marble Arch | ... he Ossulstone Hundred of Middlesex. The stone was covered over in 1851 when | was moved to the area, but it was shortly afterwards unearthed and propped ... |
| Fort Sumter | ... ces, and most notably, arsenals and forts. But at the Confederate attack on | , Lincoln called up 75,000 of the states’ militia to muster under his comm ... |
| Lia Fáil | ... essor Cathair Mór. In other sources his predecessor is Dáire Doimthech. The | , the coronation stone at Tara which was said to roar when the rightful ki ... |
| Château d'Oiron | ... ateau Ussé for The Sleeping Beauty and in Puss in Boots, the Marquis of the | , and contrasted his folktale subject matter, with details and asides and ... |
| Rizal Park | Numerous notable landmarks are located in Manila, such as | , and the historical Intramuros. Rizal park is a crescent-shaped 58 hectar ... |
| Holyrood Palace | ... ngham House, whereas in Scotland the Royal Standard of Scotland is flown at | and Balmoral Castle |
| Highgate Cemetery | ... tewart, Victoria Wood, Lord Young of Dartington, Toby Young, and Alex Zane. | is the burial place of Karl Marx, Michael Faraday, Douglas Adams, George E ... |
| Victory Arch | In downtown Newport News, the | , built to commemorate the Great War, sits on the downtown waterfront. The ... |
| Taj Mahal | ... rned to England. During his tenure, Curzon undertook the restoration of the | , and expressed satisfaction that he had done so |
| Stonehenge | ... at least around 6,000 BP (Before Present), about 1,500 years before either | or the Great Pyramid of Giza was completed. A group of five Bronze Age tum ... |
| Statue of Liberty | ... derland, the Manchester International Convention Centre and the base of the | |
| Auditorio Nacional | Chicago gave a concert in Mexico City in 1975 at the | which was highly appreciated by the audience, contrary to the Mexican pres ... |
| Dryburgh Abbey | ... III there were 35 houses. Soon after their arrival in England, they founded | in the Borders area of Scotland, which was followed by other communities a ... |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial | In 1999, the United States Congress created the | Commission, to create an enduring national memorial in Washington, D.C.. I ... |
| International Freedom Center | ... y members of 9/11 victims objected to the building's original occupant, the | |
| Yagul | ... ion include Tikal, Yaxha, Copán, Iximche, Monte Albán, Uxmal, Chichen Itza, | , Xochicalco, Mixco Viejo and Zaculeu |
| Buddhas of Bamyan | ... dhist culture did exist as reminders of the past. The two massive sandstone | , thirty-five and fifty-three meters high overlooked the ancient route thr ... |
| Moulin Rouge | In 1992 Jackson signed a contract with the | in Paris to star in her own revue, Formidable. Jackson was to perform two ... |
| Albert Memorial | ... nic buildings, including the Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras Station, the | , and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, all in London, the main buildin ... |
| Japanese serows | ... captive populations of this endangered wild equine), Arabian oryx, gorals, | , black rhinoceroses, and Przewalski's wild horses |
| Fort Marion | ... ne Blues, took possession of St. Augustine's military facilities, including | and the St. Francis Barracks, from the lone Union ordnance sergeant on dut ... |
| George Mason Memorial | ... anklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, the | , the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the Bureau of Engraving ... |
| Canyons of the Ancients National Monument | ... tional Forest, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in the area (including | , as well as the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and Navajo Indian Reservations) |
| Jefferson Memorial | ... rth; the National Postal Museum and Union Station to the northeast; and the | , the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memo ... |
| Three Soldiers statue | ... orial complex. The memorial currently consists of three separate parts: the | , the Vietnam Women's Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, wh ... |
| Lincoln Memorial | ... n Constitution Gardens adjacent to the National Mall, just northeast of the | . The memorial is maintained by the U.S. National Park Service, and receiv ... |
| brasses | ... rish. St Mary's has a 12th century font, and many interesting memorials and | . The brass to Robert Lellee, Rector somewhere between 1356 and 1375, is p ... |
| Car Dyke | ... ry. The Roman period also possibly saw some drainage efforts, including the | along the western edge of the Fenland between Peterborough and Lincolnshir ... |
| Herodium | ... queducts and pools, at a flattened, desert site, halfway up the hill to the | , 12 kilometers south of Jerusalem — as described in Josephus's writings |
| Hougoumont | The Battle of Waterloo commenced with a diversionary attack on | by a division of French soldiers. After a barrage of 80 cannons the first ... |
| The Moving Wall | ... was built and first put on display to the public in Tyler, Texas, in 1984. | visits hundreds of small towns and cities throughout the U.S., staying fiv ... |
| Oklahoma City National Memorial | ... ls, the Fort Smith and Washita Battlefield national historic sites, and the | |
| Masada | ... d's Temple (in the year 70) and Jewish strongholds (notably Gamla in 67 and | in 73), and enslaved or a large part of the Jewish population. The defeat ... |
| Antiquities Act | ... party. Secretary Ickes recommended to President Franklin Roosevelt that the | (which permitted Presidents to set aside land for protection without the a ... |
| John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | ... and the other as a member of The Supremes. In December 2007, she received a | Honors Award |
| Tropaeum Traiani | ... nd was granted the title Dacicus Maximus. The victory was celebrated by the | . Decebalus, though, after being left to his own devices, in 105 undertook ... |
| Garden of Remembrance | ... e Republic of Ireland. One of the memorials to commemorate that time is the | |
| Glastonbury Tor | ... llen tells of Saint Collen vanquishing Gwyn and his otherworldly court from | with the use of holy water. In Culhwch and Olwen, an early Welsh Arthurian ... |
| Rizal Park | ... cated in the western portion of Metro Manila in the heart of Manila proper, | , also known as the Luneta, is an iconic public promenade. Rizal Park feat ... |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial | ... Museum and Union Station to the northeast; and the Jefferson Memorial, the | , the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, the George Mason Memorial, the Uni ... |
| Tour Montparnasse | ... axe (axis) with the two highest buildings in Paris, the Tour Eiffel and the | |
| National Monument | ... and for protection without the approval of Congress) be used to establish a | in Jackson Hole. In 1943 Roosevelt created the Jackson Hole National Monum ... |
| Nether Horsburgh Castle | ... yck, Easter Happrew, Lyne, Barnes, Caverhill, Neidpath, Peebles, Horsburgh, | , Cardrona |
| amphitheatre | ... ecome the capital of the Roman province of Britannia Superior. The civilian | , which was built in the 1st century, could seat between 8,000 and 10,000 ... |
| Statue of Liberty | ... ter life in the United States, a role acknowledged by the dedication of the | on October 28, 1886, a gift from the people of France. The new European im ... |
| rock-cut room | ... da, called the Anastasis ("Resurrection"), which contained the remains of a | that Helena and Macarius identified as the burial site of Jesus. The rockf ... |
| Stonehenge | ... ed in the Neolithic period. Perhaps the most famous megalithic structure is | in England, although many others are known throughout the world. These mon ... |
| Castillo de San Marcos | ... Spanish began in 1672 the construction of a more secure fortification, the | , which still stands today as the nation's oldest fort. Its construction t ... |
| Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument | Area attractions include Yellowstone National Park, Pompey's Pillar, | , Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Pictograph Cave, Chief Plenty C ... |
| Teatro Colón | The first performance of La bohème outside Italy was at the | in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 16 June 1896. The opera was given in Alexan ... |
| Tribute in Light | ... rm two beams of light shooting straight up into the sky. This is called the | , and was originally lit every day at dusk until April 14, 2002. After tha ... |
| Maiden Castle, Dorset | ... of Roman Verulamium (modern-day St Albans), the late Iron Age hill-fort of | and Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications in Yorkshire |
| Quezon Memorial Circle | ... eation areas include the Nayong Pilipino (Philippine Village) in Parañaque, | and Ninoy Aquino Wildlife Center, both in Diliman district of Quezon City, ... |
| O'Connell Street | ... ner-city Dublin, with the exception of one shooting at the Gresham Hotel on | . At 28 Upper Pembroke Street, four agents were killed. At 22 Lower Mount ... |
| Spanish Steps | ... an apartment at number 26 Piazza di Spagna, just at the bottom right of the | and overlooking Bernini's famous Barcaccia fountain |
| Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac | ... 7 to mark Johnson's birthday. It is known as Lyndon Baines Johnson Day. The | was dedicated on September 27, 1974 |
| O'Connell Street | ... . Dublin is also the location of large department stores, such as Clerys on | , and Arnotts on Henry Street |
| Rizal Monument | ... known as the Luneta, is an iconic public promenade. Rizal Park features the | , a statue honoring José Rizal; a gigantic relief map of the Philippines; ... |
| Grey's Monument | ... e of the finest streets in England, and Grey Street, which curves down from | towards the valley of the River Tyne, was voted as England's finest street ... |
| Lincoln Memorial | ... and has been used for the Tomb of the Unknowns, as well as for parts of the | in Washington, D.C., and civic buildings in San Francisco. It was also use ... |
| Peace Monument | ... image), the Capitol Reflecting Pool, the James A. Garfield Monument and the | , as well as some that are south of Maryland Avenue, such as the (#9 on im ... |
| Washington Monument | ... e area between the Lincoln Memorial and the United States Capitol, with the | providing a division slightly west of the center. The National Mall receiv ... |
| Mount Fuji | ... cial Observatory; both offer a 360 degree view of Tokyo and, on clear days, | can be seen to the south. The two-floor Main Observatory, located at 145 m ... |
| Washington Monument | ... some say, we can say that that relation has being. For another example, the | is taller than the White House. Being-taller-than is a relation between th ... |
| Arc de Triomphe | ... ore than two million people joined his funeral procession in Paris from the | to the Panthéon, where he was buried. He shares a crypt within the Panthéo ... |
| Montezuma Castle National Monument | ... Sinagua. The Sinagua had disappeared from the abandoned buildings at nearby | by the early 15th century. Some Hopi clans claim descent from these Sinagu ... |
| Taj Mahal | ... in mosques, dancing to the music of regimental bands on the terrace of the | , using whips to force their way through crowded bazaars (as recounted by ... |
| Dunstanburgh | ... ting through to the starving garrisons. As a result the nearby Bamburgh and | castles soon agreed terms and surrendered. But Hungerford and Whittingham ... |
| Albert Memorial | ... t of a national memorial to the Prince Consort – the decorative part is the | directly to the north in Kensington Gardens, now separated from the Hall b ... |
| Warwick Castle | ... widely known, Horace Walpole wrote somewhat slightingly of Brown's work at | |
| Lincoln Memorial | ... ll points toward the Washington Monument, the other in the direction of the | , meeting at an angle of 125° 12′. Each wall has 72 panels, 70 listing nam ... |
| Parc Cwm long cairn | ... the skeleton can be dated to around 33,000 Before Present (BP). In 1937 the | was identified as a Severn-Cotswold type of chambered long barrow. Also kn ... |
| Aztec Ruins National Monument | ... was 6,378 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of San Juan County. The | stands close to the city |
| Newgrange | ... a specific role in symbolism, and appears in megalithic art, notably in the | tomb or in many Galician petroglyphs such as the one in Mogor. See, for ex ... |
| Cadzow Castle | ... ch crosses the gorge. Older structures along the gorge include the ruins of | , started in the 13th century, and the Cadzow Oaks, a group of Oak trees, ... |
| Chester Castle | Of the medieval city the most important surviving structure is | , particularly the Agricola Tower. Much of the rest of the castle has been ... |
| Dunfermline Abbey | The Category A listed | on the Kirkgate is one of the best examples of Scoto-Norman monastic archi ... |
| Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park | ... rnational recognition in 1949 when he won the competition for the design of | . Joining the group of architects known as Team X in the late 1950s he ste ... |
| Pilgrim Fathers Memorial | ... the ground floor. In 2005 it is closed for repair and refurbishment. – The | is located on the north bank of The Haven a few miles outside the town. It ... |
| Chartres Cathedral | ... n of Thorns; rose windows; the Rosy Cross; and the dromenon on the floor of | . The dromenon represents a journey from the outer world to the inner sacr ... |
| Martyrs' Memorial | ... vival of the Victorian era, his first notable works in this style being the | on St Giles', Oxford (1841) and the new St Giles' Church, Camberwell with ... |
| Stonehenge | ... id and uninhabitable wastelands: cairns (kerkour), dolmens and circles like | , underground cells excavated in rock, barrows topped with huge slabs, and ... |
| Hollywood Sign | ... animated stork that imitates Groucho's mannerisms and voice. On the famous | in California, one of the "O"s is dedicated to Groucho. contributed over $ ... |
| Maiwand Lion | ... the County of Berkshire and an image of Reading's most famous landmark, the | |
| amphitheatre | ... northern section of the city walls. The most important Roman feature is the | just outside the walls which is undergoing archaeological investigation. R ... |
| King George's Field | Guisborough has a | in memory of King George V, and the town's football team Guisborough Town ... |
| Hollywood Sign | ... ears. Soon after, she bought a house for herself and Edith, right under the | , at 2004 Vine Street |
| Bodiam Castle | In 1917, Curzon bought | in East Sussex, a 14th century building that had been gutted during the En ... |
| Lincoln Memorial | ... ens to the west, and often is taken to refer to the entire area between the | and the United States Capitol, with the Washington Monument providing a di ... |
| Statue of Liberty | ... a suspected saboteur (Cummings) and a real saboteur (Norman Lloyd) atop the | . That year he also directed Have You Heard?, a photographic dramatisation ... |
| Cefn Bryn | ... remain today. One of the most notable of the stones is Arthur's stone near | . Its twenty-five ton capstone was most likely a glacial erratic (a piece ... |
| Cardiff Castle | ... t recent addition to the RHS shows line up is the RHS Show Cardiff, held at | since 2005. The society is also closely involved with the spring and autum ... |
| Arc de Triomphe | ... Erik Reitzel designed the winning entry to be a 20th-century version of the | : a monument to humanity and humanitarian ideals rather than military vict ... |
| Warwick Castle | ... ndures at Croome Court (where he also designed the house), Blenheim Palace, | , Harewood House, Bowood House, Milton Abbey (and nearby Milton Abbas vill ... |
| Lincoln Monument | ... iot by placing Kronas security troops and drugged water in a protest on the | |
| Old Dee Bridge | ... runs the River Dee, with its 11th century weir. The river is crossed by the | , dating from the 13th century, the Grosvenor Bridge of 1832, and Queen's ... |
| Jefferson Memorial | ... who designed the rotunda in the American Museum of Natural History and the | . The toll houses were designed to include living space for the toll colle ... |
| Walhalla temple | He is honoured with a bust in the German | near Regensburg |
| Highgate Cemetery | She was cremated in Santa Monica and her ashes buried in North London in | West |
| African Burial Ground National Monument | The | at Duane Street preserves a site containing the remains of over 400 Africa ... |
| St Stephen's Green | ... ny park areas around the city, including the Phoenix Park, Herbert Park and | . The Phoenix Park is 2–4 km west of the city centre, north of the River L ... |
| Portsmouth Block Mills | ... ild the machinery for making ships' pulley blocks for the Royal Navy in the | . These were all metal and were the first machines for mass production and ... |
| Taj Mahal | ... and commissioned artist Bill Weber of San Francisco to paint a mural of the | on the Taj Mahal (Garden of Allah) building at the fairgrounds. At the sam ... |
| Antiquities Act | ... confirming the action by signing the act into law. The exception, under the | , allows the president to designate and protect areas as National Monument ... |
| James A. Garfield Monument | ... e Ulysses S. Grant Memorial (#8 on image), the Capitol Reflecting Pool, the | and the Peace Monument, as well as some that are south of Maryland Avenue, ... |
| Agua Fria National Monument | ... was 2,058 at the 2000 census. Arcosanti is just north of Cordes Lakes, and | is a few miles south on I-17. Cordes lakes has one man-made lake, as of 20 ... |
| Fort de Joux | ... a parley, kidnapped him and sent him to France, where he was imprisoned at | . He died there in 1803 of exposure and tuberculosis or malnutrition and |
| Wingfield Manor | ... he service staff, was lit with slits, similar to design at the contemporary | . The roof was built in 1376 by William Wintringham, producing the widest ... |
| Tara | ... s his predecessor is Dáire Doimthech. The Lia Fáil, the coronation stone at | which was said to roar when the rightful king stood on it, roared under Co ... |
| Talaiot | Palma was founded as a Roman camp upon the remains of a | ic settlement. The turbulent history of the city saw it the subject of sev ... |
| Clonmacnoise | ... 1875. The church probably commemorates St. Ciarán (Kieran), the founder of | , a monastic settlement that had associations with Glendalough during the ... |
| Kilmainham Gaol | ... martial under the Defence of The Realms Acts, was shot by British troops in | , Dublin |
| Walhalla temple | ... chosen dead or a hall in honor of them. Examples of the latter include the | built by Leo von Klenze for Ludwig I of Bavaria between 1830–1847 near Reg ... |
| Santa María del Naranco | ... s court was the center of great splendor, of which the palace and church of | and San Miguel de Lillo are testimony |
| Dunfermline Abbey | After King Alexander III was buried at | on 29 March 1286, the magnates and clerics of the realm assembled at Scone ... |
| Stonehenge | ... better roads and building local landmarks such as a war memorial replica of | (Maryhill Stonehenge) and a mansion that would become the Maryhill Museum ... |
| Wyoming Monument | The Luzerne Presbyterial Institute, Swetland Homestead, and | are listed on the National Register of Historic Places |
| Kilmainham Gaol | ... t in the rising. On 12 May 1916 he was transported by military ambulance to | , carried to a prison courtyard on a stretcher, tied to a chair and shot. ... |
| Fountains | The English Cistercian houses, of which there are remains at | , Rievaulx, Kirkstall, Tintern and Netley were mainly arranged after the s ... |
| Grey's Monument | ... pping destinations in Newcastle include Grainger Street and the area around | , the relatively modern Eldon Garden and Monument Mall complexes, the Newg ... |
| Jackson Hole National Monument | ... rts to repeal it, much of Jackson Hole was also set aside for protection as | in 1943. The monument was abolished in 1950 and most of the monument acrea ... |
| Mount Rushmore | ... timber became increasingly important to the area. With the establishment of | in the 1940s, Custer State Park, and the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, the Bla ... |
| The Iron Bridge | ... became a major structural material following the building of the innovative | in 1778 by Abraham Darby III |
| sarcophagus | ... pt. The earliest picture of a lyre with seven strings appears in the famous | of Hagia Triada (a Minoan settlement in Crete). The sarcophagus was used d ... |
| Glendalough | ... l the Viking invasions in the eighth century. After raids on monasteries at | and Clondalkin, the monasteries at Glasnevin and Finglas were attacked and ... |
| Holyrood Abbey | ... as baptised on 2 December 1600 by the Bishop of Ross, in a ceremony held in | and was created Duke of Albany, Marquess of Ormond, Earl of Ross and Lord ... |
| Dartmoor kistvaens | One of the most numerous kinds of kistvaen are the | . These often take the form of small rectangular pits about 3 ft. (0.9 m) ... |
| Admiralty Island National Monument | ... pass is required before visiting the site. Pack Creek Bear Viewing area on | is a 30-minute floatplane trip from Juneau. Brown bear viewing occurs from ... |
| Kents Cavern | ... d Torquay Museum, the oldest museum in Devon. In addition to artifacts from | , other local archaeology, information about Agatha Christie, and a replic ... |
| Pettit Memorial Chapel | | , designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Lampert-Wildflower House, and the Ja ... |
| Harpy Tomb | ... re Lycian fleet in the Battle of Salamis, but he may be commemorated by the | . In this view, he was the KUB of the first coin legends, dated to the win ... |
| Xukpi | ... D.). It has many carved inscriptions and stelae. The ancient kingdom, named | , existed from the 5th century to the early 9th century, with antecedents ... |
| Ellis Island | ... lty to Children as an interpreter for the U.S. Bureau of Immigration at the | immigrant station |
| Marlborough Castle | ... xcommunicated. To defeat the rebellion, Walter was required to lay siege to | himself. Walter employed his brother Theobald in similar actions in Lancas ... |
| Dunblane Cathedral | ... heritage assets can be both listed buildings and scheduled monuments (e.g. | ). World Heritage Sites, conservation areas and protected landscapes can a ... |
| Over Bridge | ... nd Berkeley Ship Canal (today known as the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal), | near Gloucester, the second Harecastle Tunnel on the Trent and Mersey Cana ... |
| Secretariat | ( | , the 1973 winner, is credited with running 1:53 2/5 by the Daily Racing F ... |
| Longthorpe Tower | ... For two centuries following the restoration the city was a of this family. | , a fourteenth century three-storey tower and fortified manor house in the ... |
| Anna Livia monument | Other popular landmarks and monuments include the Mansion House, the | , the Molly Malone statue, Christ Church Cathedral, St Patrick's Cathedral ... |
| Minar-e-Pakistan | ... onal identity is expressed in modern structures like the Faisal Mosque, the | and the Mazar-e-Quaid |
| Berney Arms combined Mill and Windpump | Besides the pub, the main focus is | . This is the tallest windmill in Norfolk, a Scheduled Ancient Monument an ... |
| Parc Cwm long cairn | ... te in a limestone cave, about 1,500 yards (1.4 km) north, north west of the | cromlech, on private land along the Parc Cwm valley, near the village of L ... |
| Portsmouth Block Mills | ... he Industrial Revolution simple mass production techniques were used at the | to make ships' pulley blocks for the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars. Th ... |
| Skellig Michael | ... le that the cell had a stone-corbelled roof, similar to the beehive huts on | , County Kerry |
| Stone Mountain | ... the Olympic Ring, a circle from the center of Atlanta. Others were held at | , about outside of the city. To broaden ticket sales, other events, such a ... |
| Memorial Hall | ... d; Fred's home is on the famous "Professor's Row"; and the Brattle Theatre, | and Widener Library make very prominent cameos. "There are no lawyers now, ... |
| Arch of Septimius Severus | The white marble | was added the northwest end of the Forum close to the foot of the Capitoli ... |
| Albert Memorial | Between 1864 and 1876, the | , designed by Scott, was constructed in Hyde Park. It was a commission on ... |
| Dunfermline Palace | ... second son of James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark, Charles was born in | , Fife on 19 November 1600. His paternal grandmother was Mary, Queen of Sc ... |
| coal | ... t its history. In addition it is rich in natural resources like lead, iron, | , and limestone. The limestone outcrops in the central area led to the est ... |
| the palace | ... edieval-renaissance burgh. Some of the surviving buildings of the fire were | , the abbey and the Abbot's House |
| Taj Mahal | Rajasthan is pre-eminent in quarrying and mining in India. The | was built with white marble mined from Makrana in Nagaur district. The sta ... |
| Scotts Bluff | ... able landmarks in Nebraska include Courthouse and Jail Rocks, Chimney Rock, | , and Ash Hollow State Historical Park |
| Washington Monument | ... Buffalo, etc.; the railroad station and the Board of Trade in Chicago; the | and federal office buildings in the Capital; foundation stone and the eigh ... |
| Moulin Rouge | ... e for bankruptcy in order to stave off claims of $650,000 in damages to the | for ending her contract early |
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| O'Connell Street | ... of Light". It is a conical spire made of stainless steel and is located on | . It replaces Nelson's Pillar and is intended to mark Dublin's place in th ... |
| London Stone | ... , it is not to be confused with the more famous (and probably more ancient) | in Cannon Street in the City of London) |
| Warwick Castle | ... more before, closely resembling Kirby Muxloe and the Beauchamp gatehouse at | . By contrast the interior, with its contemporary wood panelling, is in th ... |
| Rizal Park | ... ces in Rizal Park and events within the Cultural Center of the Philippines. | is a major tourist attraction and one of the most recognizable icons of th ... |
| Eisenhower Monument | ... adet activities building at West Point, was completed in 1974. In 1983, the | was unveiled at West Point |
| Goetheanum | ... onist architectural style. Foremost among these are his designs for the two | buildings in Dornach, Switzerland. Thousands of further buildings have bee ... |
| Giants' grave | ... edicated to the holy water related to the Moon and astronomical cycles, the | s, the Megaron temples, several structures for juridical and leisure funct ... |
| Bertha Benz Memorial Route | ... attract visitors. Heidelberg is located on four tourist roads: Bergstraße, | , Castle Road, and Straße der Demokratie (Road of Democracy) |
| Taj Mahal | ... ificant historical cultural landmarks in the world; Other sites include the | , Great Pyramids and the Grand Canyon in the United States |
| Fossil Butte National Monument | ... wstone National Park, Devils Tower National Monument, Independence Rock and | . Each year Yellowstone National Park, the world's first national park, re ... |
| Clonmacnoise | ... he 9th century we find mention of nine places in Ireland (including Armagh, | , Clones, Devenish and Sligo) where communities of Culdees were establishe ... |
| Portencross Castle | Other castles that have been held by the Clan Ross include | and Sanquhar Castl |
| Castillo de San Marcos | File:St. Augustine Florida Panoramic View.jpg|Panorama of | , Flagler College and downtown St. Augustine from lighthouse, June, 201 |
| beehive | ... ape of a truncated conical tower resembling a medieval tower (outside) or a | (inside). The structure's walls consist of three components: an outer laye ... |
| Mount Fuji | ... ne tradition, the earliest veneration of Konohanasakuya-hime at the base of | was in the 8th month of the 3rd year of the reign of Emperor Suinin |
| Wyoming Monument | The | marks the gravesite of victims of the July 1778 Battle of Wyoming. The bat ... |
| Portsmouth Block Mills | ... lish Heritage and the Ministry of Defence are in the process of turning the | into a museum |
| Kents Cavern | ... dern Torquay has been inhabited since paleolithic times. Hand axes found in | date to, and a maxilla fragment known as Kents Cavern 4 may be the oldest ... |
| Castillo de San Marcos | File:Fort Marion Entrance Civil War.jpg| | , Civil War era |
| Campo de Cahuenga | ... nel John C. Frémont and Mexican Governor Andrés Pico on January 13, 1847 at | in what is now North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California |
| Monument Avenue | ... .B. Stuart by sculptor Frederick Moynihan was dedicated on Richmond's famed | at Stuart Circle in 1907. Like General Stonewall Jackson, his equestrian s ... |
| Memorial Square | ... nstrations culminated in a sit-in demonstration by over 300,000 students at | in Taipei. Students called for direct elections of the national president ... |
| highest elevation | Montague Township contains both the northernmost point and | (1803 ft/550 m) in New Jersey. According to the United States Census Burea ... |
| Devils Tower National Monument | ... ns in Wyoming include Grand Teton National Park, Yellowstone National Park, | , Independence Rock and Fossil Butte National Monument. Each year Yellowst ... |
| Portsmouth Block Mills | ... m Brunel, established in 1802 the world's first mass production line at the | , to mass produce pulley blocks for rigging on the Royal Navy's ships. At ... |
| Gutter Sound | ... War, 74 ships of the Kaiserliche Marine's High Seas Fleet were interned in | at Scapa Flow pending a decision on their future in the peace Treaty of Ve ... |
| Washington Monument | ... ymbolically bring the past and present together. One wall points toward the | , the other in the direction of the Lincoln Memorial, meeting at an angle ... |
| Arch of Constantine | Right next to the Colosseum is also the | |
| Queen Square, Bristol | ... 0th Window sold over a million copies and was toured extensively (including | - a one-off concert set up in the city centre park, which was seen as a ho ... |
| Cleopatra's Needle | ... f the Delta, and even across the Mediterranean to Rome, including the famed | that now resides on the Thames embankment, London (this obelisk was part o ... |
| Louvre | ... n England, and the closest parallel is the now demolished water-gate at the | in Paris. The dock was covered with arrowslits in case of an attack on the ... |
| Stirling Castle | ... ent of 1314, Edward Bruce, brother of the Scottish King, began the siege of | , which was commanded by Sir Philip Mowbray. Unable to make any headway, B ... |
| India Gate | ... Minar and Humayun's Tomb—are located in Delhi. Other monuments include the | , the Jantar Mantar (an 18th-century astronomical observatory) and the Pur ... |
| Brandenburg Gate | ... from Paris at Napoleon's fall, the Goddess was re-established atop Berlin's | . An Iron Cross was inserted into her laurel wreath, making her into a God ... |
| Rizal Park | Manila is the site of the country's premiere park, | , which was erected for the country's national hero, José Rizal. Besides h ... |
| Castillo de San Marcos | File:St. Augustine Waterfront 1860s 2.jpg|St. Augustine waterfront with | in distance (1860s) |
| Dún Aonghasa | ... n". Cairns in the region were also put to vital practical use. For example, | , an all-stone Iron Age Irish hill fort on Inishmore in the Aran Islands, ... |