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Showing posts with label Monument. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monument. Show all posts

Train to Heaven

The Train to Heaven (Polish: Pociąg do nieba) in Wroclaw, Poland, is a monument to the rolling stock factory, which was once located in the town.
Artist Andrzej Jarodzki used a 65 years old steam engine and 30 metres long rails to depict a train climbing to the sky. (More info: Polish Wikipedia)
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Belle Fontaine, Nuremberg

Belle Fontaine is a monument in Main Market Plaza, Nuremberg. Originally built during 1385 to 1396 the current fountain installed in 1912 is a copy of the original building, which had been restored several times. During World War II it was encased in concrete bunker and survived Allied bombing. On the left is the Church of Our Lady of Nuremberg. (French Wikipedia)
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Ulverstone War Memorial

This War Memorial cum Clock tower, Ulverstone, Tasmania, was built as a memorial to those who served in the Second World War and is one of the North West Coast's most well-known landmarks.
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Robert E. Lee Monument

This monument to Confederate General Robert E. Lee is a 60-foot high doric column with his 12-foot tall statue. Dedicated on February 23, 1884, it is located in the centre of Lee Circle, near the Pontchartrain Expressway, New Orleans.
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Tropic of Cancer Monument


This monument located in Ruisui town of Taiwan is one of several monuments around the World marking the Tropic of Cancer. Taiwan itself has few more such monuments/markers.

 A few years back I had made a collection of the Equatorial Monuments around the World and finding this in Taiwan has rekindled my curiosity to locate and placemark the monuments around the World on the Tropic of Cancer as well as on Tropic of Capricorn. I was also working on the Polar Circle markers around the World and but due to one reason or another it is lying in Cold storage. I need to find time to thaw it out also.
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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch

The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch in Hartford, Connecticut is the first permanent triumphal arch in America. Dedicated in 1886, it was built to honour the Hartfordians who served in the Civil War and in memory of those who died for the Union. (Wikipedia). Also see CT Monuments Net
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Mausoleum of Yugoslav Soldiers

The Mausoleum of Yugoslav Soldiers in Olomouc, Czech Republic, built in 1926, is a neoclassical chapel with an ossuary containing remains of Yugoslav soldiers killed in the First World War. More info in Wikipedia.
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Le Monument aux Morts de Nice

This imposing War Memorial (Monument aux morts) on the Rauba-Capeu quay in Nice is one of the biggest war memorial in France. Built in the old quarries cut into the sides of the Castle hill, the memorial was built in 1928 to honour the 4,000 people of Nice who died in World War I. Names of World War II, casualties were later added in it.
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Tower of Thousand Cranes

Tower of Thousand Cranes aka Children's Peace Monument in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, is a memorial in remembrance of all the children who died as a result of dropping of atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

 The memorial is based on the true and poignant story of a Sadako Sasaki, a young girl who died at the age of 12 years due to the nuclear radiation. During her sickness she innocently believed that if she made thousand origami birds (cranes) she would be cured of her disease. Although she was very weak, she kept on making paper cranes with her feeble hands in the hope that once she made 1000 cranes she will be cured of her illness. Unfortunately before she could reach her target, death took her away on the morning of October 25, 1955.

 Her friends and class mates shocked by her illness and death decided to erect a memorial to comfort her soul and also to express their desire for peace. Their idea soon spread all over Japan and became not only a National but an International movement. With the aid of funds raised through donations from over 3,100 schools in Japan and other foreign countries the monument was finally unveiled on Children's Day - May 5,1958. Even today many school children send paper cranes to her which are kept in glass cubicles near the memorial. More details and photos in Travelogue Of An Armchair Traveller.
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Lest We Forget

The first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima detonated almost directly above this dome. Though the building survived but every one inside the building were killed instantly. The ruins are a mute reminder of horrors all wars including nuclear wars. The structure has since been designated as Hiroshima Peace Memorial and is locally known as A-Bomb Dome.
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Nancy Brown Peace Carillon Tower

Located on Belle Isle Park, the musical monument was built in 1940 in the Neo-Gothic style. Shadow from the tower moves from the U.S. to Canada, commemorating 170 years of peace between these two Nations. 
More info: Historic Detroit
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