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scanned photo --- This monument to the equator was constructed in 1936 in San Antonio de Pichincha with the support of the French American Committee and Ecuadorian geographer Dr. Luis Tufiño, and remained there until 1979 when it was moved here to the town of Calacalí, and where it is to this day --- near but not on, the true equator line.
According to modern calculations, the Calacalí monument is actually 164.9 meters south of the equator line.
Calacalí, Ecuador, summer 1989
Monument marks the spot where Sam Houston's army defeated the Mexicans under General Santa Anna in April 1836, winning Texas independence.
One woman holds an open book, symbolizing perfect knowledge. The other woman holds a closed book, apparently symbolizing a completed life.
The Monumant Plant, also known as American Columbo, germinates and develops for seven years before sending up a very tall stalk with a cluster of green blooms at the tip. After the plant blooms, it dies leaving a dead "monument" stalk standing where it once lived. The blooms can be seen in southern Ohio woodlands in May.
The National Monument on Calton Hill shot from the side of the Nelson Monument through the trees. Taken with a Nikon D90 and Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 EX HSM, this a 4 horizontal shot ventorama stitched in Photoshop CS4 after each frame was coverted from a single RAW to HDR in Photomatix.
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на 21 юли 1945 година бяха убити
по най-подъл и зверски начин
от бандата на Гемето
почиващите в лагера ремсисти
Любчо Кирилов Кечев от Кюстендил
Иван Кирилов Иванов от Кюстендил
Павел Милев Андонов от с. Бобешино
Йордан Георгиев Десподов от с. Търсимо
The bronze statue that once stood atop the Pitt County Confederate Soldiers Monument is secured for transport as the sun begins to rise on Monday, June 22. Crews worked throughout the night to disassemble the monument while hampered by equipment issues; the remainder of the monument was removed on Tuesday evening. Work was performed at night to prevent interfering with traffic, court proceedings, and businesses in the Uptown area.
On Monday, June 15, the Pitt County Board of Commissioners voted to relocate the memorial due to threat of vandalism and concern for public safety after property damage occurred during rioting in the Uptown area two weeks earlier. Following the vote to relocate the monument, County Commissioners created a committee to select a new location for the statue, which has not been determined at this time.
The monument was formally dedicated in November 1914; various groups have called for its removal from the courthouse grounds since at least the 1990’s.
“NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City Council of the City of Greenville is committed to a community where all are welcome and should be treated equally with the same compassion in every interaction with a commitment to fairness, equality, kindness, justice, peace, and understanding.” — excerpt from Resolution For Equality, adopted by Greenville City Council on June 15, 2020.
Here is an monument just behind the Shitenno-ji complex. I honestly don't know what it is, but I thought it captured something about Japan.
Shitenno-ji is the most famous temple in Osaka. Shotoku Taishi established it after bringing Buddhism to the forefront of Japanese religion in 593. This makes Shitenno-ji the oldest state temple in Japan. Although Shotoku's aunt, Empress Suiko, ordered the temple to be built, it was Shotoku's idea. Though most of the original structures were destroyed during the Onin War and Battle of Osaka, the grounds still remain similar to the original.
Shitenno-ji. Tennoji, Osaka.
The bronze statue that once stood atop the Pitt County Confederate Soldiers Monument is secured for transport as the sun begins to rise on Monday, June 22. Crews worked throughout the night to disassemble the monument while hampered by equipment issues; the remainder of the monument was removed on Tuesday evening. Work was performed at night to prevent interfering with traffic, court proceedings, and businesses in the Uptown area.
On Monday, June 15, the Pitt County Board of Commissioners voted to relocate the memorial due to threat of vandalism and concern for public safety after property damage occurred during rioting in the Uptown area two weeks earlier. Following the vote to relocate the monument, County Commissioners created a committee to select a new location for the statue, which has not been determined at this time.
The monument was formally dedicated in November 1914; various groups have called for its removal from the courthouse grounds since at least the 1990’s.
“NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City Council of the City of Greenville is committed to a community where all are welcome and should be treated equally with the same compassion in every interaction with a commitment to fairness, equality, kindness, justice, peace, and understanding.” — excerpt from Resolution For Equality, adopted by Greenville City Council on June 15, 2020.
The Columbus Monument (Monument a Colom in Catalan, also known as the Monumento a Colón and Mirador de Colón in Spanish) is a 60 m (197 ft) tall monument for Christopher Columbus at the lower end of La Rambla, Barcelona, Spain. It was constructed for the Exposición Universal de Barcelona and is located at the site where Columbus returned to Spain after his first voyage to the Americas.[1] The monument serves as a reminder that Barcelona is where Christopher Columbus reported to Queen Isabella and Ferdinand after Columbus' most famous trip.[
The Lansdowne Monument
A 38 metre stone obelisk erected in 1845 by Third Marquis of Lansdowne, to commemorate an ancestor, Sir William Petty who was a physician and surveyor.
A miniture Washington Monument stands at the entrance to the George Washington Birthplace National Monument in Westmoreland County, Virginia