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This monument shot was taken from in front of the White House just across the field. There was so much activity going on in the field that it was had to get a shot without many people in it. This is a 3 exposure HDR taken handheld.
The Confederate monument in Lake Village, Arkansas is located in the middle of the street between the courthouse and Lake Chicot. The courthouse square is a bit small, but its flagpoles are in a nice green area along the lake. It certainly has an interesting physical arrangement for a county seat.
Some guy built a 1:1 replica of Stonehenge on a hill in Maryhill, southern Washington. It's supposed to be a monument in honor of local war heros from WWI, but the fact that it's made out of concrete just takes it over the edge of cheesyness. We called it Concretehenge.
The Cherhill White Horse is a hill figure on Cherhill Down, 3.5 miles east of Calne in the county of Wiltshire, England. Dating from the late 18th century, it is the third oldest of several such white horses to be seen around Great Britain. Near the Horse is an obelisk called the Lansdowne Monument, visible in some photographs of the White Horse.This is a 38-metre stone structure, erected in 1845 by the 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne to commemorate his ancestor Sir William Petty
A monument for George Vancouver, apparently, at Vanier Park.
If you know exactly what it is, let me know! I read the plaque and it didn't say much.. :\
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_Valley
Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, pronounced [tsʰépìːʔ ǹtsɪ̀skɑ̀ìː], meaning "valley of the rocks") is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of sandstone buttes, with the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. The most famous butte formations are located in northeastern Arizona along the Utah–Arizona state line. The valley is considered sacred by the Navajo Nation, the Native American people within whose reservation it lies.
Monument Valley has been featured in many forms of media since the 1930s. Famed director John Ford used the location for a number of his Westerns. Film critic Keith Phipps wrote that "its five square miles [13 km2] have defined what decades of moviegoers think of when they imagine the American West".
Sourc: navajonationparks.org/navajo-tribal-parks/monument-valley/
History
Before human existence, the Park was once a lowland basin. For hundreds of millions of years, materials that eroded from the early Rock Mountains deposited layer upon layer of sediment which cemented a slow and gentle uplift, generated by ceaseless pressure from below the surface, elevating these horizontal strata quite uniformly one to three miles above sea level. What was once a basin became a plateau.
Natural forces of wind and water that eroded the land spent the last 50 million years cutting into and peeling away at the surface of the plateau. The simple wearing down of altering layers of soft and hard rock slowly revealed the natural wonders of Monument Valley today.
From the visitor center, you see the world-famous panorama of the Mitten Buttes and Merrick Butte. You can also purchase guided tours from Navajo tour operators, who take you down into the valley in Jeeps for a narrated cruise through these mythical formations. Places such as Ear of the Wind and other landmarks can only be accessed via guided tours. During the summer months, the visitor center also features Haskenneini Restaurant, which specializes in both native Navajo and American cuisines, and a film/snack/souvenir shop. There are year-round restroom facilities. One mile before the center, numerous Navajo vendors sell arts, crafts, native food, and souvenirs at roadside stands.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "米国" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis" "ארצות הברית" "संयुक्त राज्य" "США"
(Arizona) "أريزونا" "亚利桑那州" "אריזונה" "एरिजोना" "アリゾナ州" "애리조나" "Аризона"
(Utah) "يوتا" "犹他州" "יוטה" "यूटा" "ユタ州" "유타" "Юта"
(Monument Valley) "وادي النصب التذكاري" "纪念碑谷" "Vallée des monuments" "מוניומנט ואלי" "स्मारक घाटी" "モニュメントバレー" "모뉴먼트 밸리" "Долина Монументов" "Valle de los Monumentos"
Place filled with tourists.Mostly from Japan,Germany,China and who have acute hearing of music.
This is Jean Sibelius's monument.. So they come and pay their respect. His house and grave is not far from capital of Finland(Helsinki).His museum house was call Ainola in Järvenpää city . Aino was his beloved wife's name and his grave was extremely well kept in his estate. I think He liked Green.
Schmap Helsinki Guide, to be published early September 2007.
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This is the iconic view of Monument Valley, shot from a patio at the Navajo Tribal Park visitors center. Everybody takes this photo. I did too.
Union Cemetery, Redwood City, CA
Inscription on the obelisk:
In memory of Charlie Hanson Died Sept 1860, Aged 11 months, 19 days
Lottie Hanson, died Oct. 1871, Aged 7 years, 11 months & 14 days
Suffer little children to come unto me for of such is the kingdom of Heaven
So much history in this old cemetery which sits quietly by one of the busiest thoroughfares on the Peninsula...
Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, meaning valley of the rocks) is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. It is located on the Arizona-Utah state line (around 36°59′N 110°6′W), near the Four Corners area. The valley lies within the range of the Navajo Nation Reservation and is accessible from U.S. Highway 163.
Monument Valley has been featured in many forms of media since the 1930s. Director John Ford used the location for a number of his best-known films, and thus, in the words of critic Keith Phipps, "its five square miles have defined what decades of moviegoers think of when they imagine the American West."
The Nelson Monument, Portsdown Hill, Hampshire. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nelson_Monument,_Portsdown_Hill