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Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial

Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial preserves the Nazi German concentration and extermination camp in occupied Poland, with a mu...

Poland Museum Holocaust Camp

9.6 Brilliant

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Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial is a neoclassical monument in Washington, D.C., dedicated in 1922 and centered on Daniel Chester Fr...

Neoclassical President Marble Memorial

8.9 Great

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Vimy Ridge Memorial

The Vimy Ridge Memorial in France is Walter Seymour Allward's Canadian First World War memorial, unveiled in 1936 for th...

France Canadian War Memorial

8.9 Great

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Arc de Triomphe

The Arc de Triomphe is a Paris triumphal arch commissioned by Napoleon in 1806, notable for honoring French armies and h...

Paris Memorial Stone Arch

8.8 Great

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a Washington, D.C., memorial dedicated in 1982, designed by Maya Lin with names cut int...

Modern Granite War Memorial

8.7 Great

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USS Arizona Memorial

The USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu spans the sunken battleship and has commemorated the 1941 attack's...

Hawaii War Naval Memorial

8.7 Great

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Australian War Memorial

The Australian War Memorial in Canberra opened in 1941 and combines a national shrine, museum, and archive for Australia...

Museum War Memorial Stone

8.7 Great

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Holocaust Memorial

The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, opened in 2005, commemorates murdered European Jews with 2,711 concrete stelae by Pete...

Modern Holocaust Berlin Concrete

8.6 Great

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Angel of Independence

The Angel of Independence is a Mexico City victory column by Antonio Rivas Mercado, inaugurated in 1910 for Mexico's ind...

Gold Memorial Mexico City Independence

8.3 Great

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Lion Monument

The Lion Monument is a Lucerne rock relief carved in 1820-1821, honoring Swiss Guards killed in Paris during the French...

Memorial Stone Lucerne Lion

8.3 Great

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Vigeland Monolith

The Vigeland Monolith is a granite sculpture in Oslo's Frogner Park, carved for Gustav Vigeland's sculpture installation...

Modern Granite Park Sculpture

8.2 Great

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Washington Monument

The Washington Monument is a marble obelisk in Washington, D.C., completed in 1884 to honor George Washington and rising...

President Memorial Stone Washington DC

8.1 Great

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Shrine of Remembrance

The Shrine of Remembrance is Melbourne's state war memorial, dedicated in 1934 to Victorians who served in World War I a...

Classical War Memorial Stone

8.1 Great

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Warsaw Uprising Monument

The Warsaw Uprising Monument is a bronze memorial in Poland's capital, unveiled in 1989 to commemorate the 1944 Home Arm...

War Bronze Memorial Warsaw

7.9 Good

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Monumento a la Bandera

Monumento a la Bandera in Rosario, Argentina is a national flag memorial inaugurated in 1957 near where Manuel Belgrano...

Memorial Argentina Rosario Flag

7.8 Good

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Nelson's Column

Nelson's Column is a Trafalgar Square monument in London, completed in 1843 to honor Admiral Horatio Nelson after his 18...

London Granite Naval Memorial

7.8 Good

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Berlin Victory Column

Berlin Victory Column is a 67-meter monument in Tiergarten, completed in 1873 to commemorate Prussian military victories...

Gold Berlin Memorial Column

7.8 Good

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Marine Corps War Memorial

The Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia is Felix de Weldon's 1954 bronze memorial based on Joe Rosenthal's...

War Arlington Bronze Memorial

7.7 Good

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Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a granite sculpture in South Dakota, carved from 1927 to 1941 with four U.S. preside...

Granite Memorial Sculpture South Dakota

7.2 Good

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Crazy Horse Memorial

The Crazy Horse Memorial is an unfinished Black Hills mountain carving in South Dakota, begun in 1948 by Korczak Ziolkow...

Granite Native Memorial Sculpture

5.4 Mediocre