Best Commemorative

The Hall of Remembrance is a central memorial site located within the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem. Constructed from gray concrete and topped by a low tent-like roof, the chamber is intentionally unadorned and austere. Inside, an eternal flame burns continuously beside...

Benin Bronzes are intricately crafted plaques and sculptures produced by the Kingdom of Benin (present-day Nigeria) between the 16th and 17th centuries. These objects, primarily made from brass and bronze, depict royalty, religious figures, and historical events. They served as commemorative items a...

The Hector Pieterson Memorial is a monument located in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, dedicated to Hector Pieterson, a 12-year-old schoolboy shot and killed by police during the Soweto student uprising of 16 June 1976. The memorial includes a photographic reference to the iconic image captured...

The Porte Saint-Denis is a triumphal arch located in Paris, France, built in the 17th century during the reign of King Louis XIV. The monument was designed to commemorate his military victories and to mark the site of a former gate in the city's defensive walls. The arch features architectural eleme...

The Gateway of India is a large basalt arch monument located on the waterfront in Mumbai, India, overlooking the Arabian Sea. Built in the Indo-Saracenic architectural style to a design by George Wittet, it was completed in 1924 to commemorate the 1911 visit of King George V and Queen Mary. During t...

The Lincoln Tomb is the burial monument of Abraham Lincoln in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. Dedicated in 1874, the granite structure is dominated by a tall obelisk and includes bronze sculptural groups representing branches of the United States armed services. The interior contains me...

The Arc Héré is a triumphal arch located in Nancy, France, designed by architect Emmanuel Héré de Corny. Built between 1752 and 1756, it serves as a grand entrance to the Place Stanislas, an extensive urban square. The arch was commissioned by Stanislaus Leszczynski, the deposed King of Poland and D...

The Washington Square Arch is a marble triumphal arch located in Washington Square Park in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. It was designed by the prominent architect Stanford White and completed in 1892. The monument was constructed to mark the centennial of George Washington's...

The Puerta de Alcalá is a neoclassical triumphal arch situated in the Plaza de la Independencia in central Madrid, Spain. It was commissioned by King Charles III and designed by the Italian architect Francesco Sabatini, reaching completion in 1778. The monument is distinguished by its granite constr...

The Cinquantenaire Arch is a prominent triumphal arch situated in the Cinquantenaire Park of Brussels, Belgium. Its construction was initially planned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Belgian independence in 1880, but the arch was not fully completed and inaugurated until 1905 for the 75th ann...

The Sujata Stupa in Bodh Gaya, India, commemorates the milk-rice offering by Sujata to the Buddha before his enlightenment and was extensively excavated in the 19th century.

The Obelisk at Karolinenplatz is a monument in Munich, Germany, erected in 1833 and designed by Leo von Klenze. Its cast-iron shaft stands on a stone base at the center of Karolinenplatz and commemorates approximately 30,000 Bavarian soldiers who died during Napoleon's 1812 campaign in Russia. The m...

The Obelisco do Ibirapuera, formally known as the Obelisk of São Paulo, is a monument and mausoleum near Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo, Brazil. Completed in 1955, it commemorates participants in the Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932, an armed movement opposing the provisional government of Getúlio...

The Bennington Battle Monument is a 306-foot stone obelisk in Bennington, Vermont, completed in 1891. It commemorates the Battle of Bennington, an American victory fought on August 16, 1777, during the Revolutionary War, when militia forces defeated troops serving under British command. An elevator...

The Arch at Maktar is an ancient Roman triumphal arch in Tunisia, originally built during the 2nd century AD to honor Emperor Trajan, and later reconstructed in the 3rd century AD.

Admiralty Arch is a ceremonial gateway at the northeast end of The Mall in the City of Westminster, London. It was designed by architect Sir Aston Webb and completed in 1912 as part of a broader memorial scheme honoring Queen Victoria. The Portland stone structure connects The Mall to Trafalgar Squa...

The Médaille de Sainte-Hélène was a French commemorative campaign medal established in 1857 by Emperor Napoleon III. It was created to honor the surviving veterans who had fought under Napoleon I during the various conflicts of the First French Empire between 1792 and 1815. Also known as the Saint H...

The Arc de Triomphe du Peyrou is a triumphal arch situated in the city of Montpellier in southern France. Constructed between 1691 and 1693, the monument was commissioned to honor the reign of King Louis XIV. It is positioned at the eastern edge of the Promenade du Peyrou, serving as a formal gatewa...

The Saratoga Monument is a commemorative stone obelisk in Schuylerville, New York, completed in 1883. It marks the American victory in the 1777 Saratoga campaign, after which British general John Burgoyne surrendered his army, an outcome that helped persuade France to enter the Revolutionary War as...

The Puerta de Toledo is a monumental gateway in Madrid, Spain, standing at the Glorieta de la Puerta de Toledo. The present neoclassical structure was designed by Spanish architect Antonio López Aguado and completed in 1827, replacing earlier gates associated with roads leading south from the city....

The Cowpens Battlefield Obelisk is a marble commemorative monument situated within Cowpens National Battlefield in South Carolina. It stands as a tribute to the decisive American military victory over British forces on January 17, 1781, a crucial engagement during the Southern Campaign of the Revolu...

A triumphal arch in Marseille, France, begun in 1784 to honor Bourbon military victories; construction was interrupted by the Revolution and completed only in 1839.

The Chaukhandi Stupa in Sarnath, India, is a 4th-century brick monument marking the site where Buddha first met his five ascetic companions after his enlightenment.

Ceremonial arch in Antequera, Spain, built in 1585 to honor King Philip II's visit; its stone blocks incorporate ancient Roman inscriptions found in the area.

Stone arch in Vladivostok, Russia, first erected in 1891 to welcome Tsarevich Nicholas; demolished under Soviet rule in 1927 and reconstructed in 2003.

The Arch of Augustus is a Roman triumphal arch in Nikopolis, Greece, built by Emperor Augustus in 31 BC to commemorate his naval victory over Mark Antony and Cleopatra at Actium.

Monumental arch on Madrid's Moncloa campus, built in 1956 under Francisco Franco to mark the Nationalist victory in the 1936–1939 Spanish Civil War.