Robert mills designed the Washington monument
The Crazy Horse Memorial was commissioned by Henry Standing Bear, a Lakota elder, to be sculpted by Korczak Ziolkowski. Today, Crazy Horse Memorial is owned and operated by the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation, a private non-profit organization.
France is a monument to Napoleon.
Russell Cave National Monument
The Washington Monument at 550ft 6inches is the tallest.
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum designed and supervised the construction the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, building it as a monument to those considered to be the most important US leaders.
Sir Christopher Wren as a monument to the Great Fire of London.
Korczak Ziółkowski
It is a monument and a memorial, and both words have considerable overlap in meaning. In short, it's called the 'Washington Monument' because the people who proposed, designed and constructed it, gave it that name.
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The St. Louis Arch
'The Monument' designed by Sir Christopher Wren.
Yes. It was designed and built by people in the United States.
The Washington Monument was designed by Robert Mills (August 12, 1781 - March 3, 1855). In 1836, Robert Mills won the design competition held by the Washington National Monument Society.
The Colosseum was designed primarily as a monument to the Flavian dynasty. It was unique because of its size and its ability to hold almost all types of entertainment.
The National Cemetery at Gettysburg was designed by the landscape architect William Saunders. *The first monument of any type to be placed at Gettysburg was the Soldiers National Monument in the National Cemetery. It was designed by the Batterson-Canfield Company and sculpted by Randolph Rogers. The cornerstone was laid on July 4, 1865, and the full monument dedicated on July 1, 1869. The white Westerly granite pedestal supports a shaft and marble statue entitled "Genius of Liberty."
The Monument to the Great Fire of London, commonly called The Monument, is close to the Northern end of the London Bridge, in London, Britain. The Monument is a Roman Doric column built in 1677, designed by Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke. It is 202 feet high, which is the same as the distance of The Monument from Thomas Farynor, the king's bakery shop where the fire began.
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