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Monument Avenue Represents the Legacy of Richmond

Monument Avenue represents what it can mean to create monuments that resonate with a community and culture in such deep ways

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Monumentous Legacy, North America, Sculpture, United States

Monuments are sometimes built to commemorate a person or event, and the monuments on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, were constructed to do both. Statues dedicated to Confederacy leaders such as Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and Stonewall Jackson began to appear as early as 1890 and represented people and concepts that residents wanted to […]

Forming the Cultural Heart of a Community at the Charleston City Market

More than 300 vendors & 50 sweetgrass basket weavers have stands setup daily at the Charleston City Market

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Functional, Monumentous Community, North America, United States

There are famous markets all across the world whose history goes back decades, centuries and even millennia. These central gathering areas were often a place for people to come together to buy and sell items, conduct business and socialize. That’s exactly what happened at the Charleston City Market when it first opened its doors in […]

The Ames Monument is a Pyramid on the Plains of Wyoming

A monument that defines what it means to both repair and celebrate a legacy

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Attraction, Monumentous Legacy, North America, United States

About 20 miles west of Cheyenne, Wyoming, you’ll eventually come across a monument that is just about as in the middle of nowhere as you can get. Located off the highway and not in the direct vicinity of a town or civilization of any kind, the surrounding mountains and emptiness makes this pyramid on the […]

Experiencing the Legacy of Baltimore’s Washington Monument

Enabling a legacy that continues to help move the city forward

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Attraction, Monumentous Monuments, North America, United States

Monuments that are dedicated to concepts like victory or the history of an area often symbolize something far more ambiguous than ones dedicated to a specific person. However, landmarks that have been erected to honor a single individual frequently come to represent something much deeper. That’s certainly what happened for the Washington Monument in Baltimore. The […]

Why the Tower Bridge is More Than Just a Bridge

Experiencing London while towering over the River Thames

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Europe, Functional, Monumentous Monuments

While the London Bridge is the bridge that is associated with the famous nursery rhyme, it’s the Tower Bridge that captures the attention of residents and tourists alike, for a variety of reasons. Some even mistake the Tower Bridge for the London Bridge, but the two are distinct in every way that matters. While the […]

The Transformation of German Legacy via the Berlin Victory Column

A monument that embodies the transformation of Germany itself

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Attraction, Europe, Monumentous Legacy

Though it doesn’t tower over the skyline of Berlin like the Berlin Television Tower, the Berlin Victory Column, aka the Victory Column, aka Berlin Siegessäule, can still be seen from quite a distance. It is a monument that has a history directly and indirectly connected to the city of Berlin and nation of Germany. It […]