Monuments

Monuments and Monumental Statuary
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https://flic.kr/p/bx3fA1 | Statue of Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus and carrying a winged statue of Nike (square of Alexander the Great) in Pella city
Statue labelled as Alexander the Great, but representing the god Apollo instead. It comes from the Etruscan Sanctuary of Scasato di Falerii Veteres, late 4th century BC. Museum Villa Giulia, Rome
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Heroes of the pre christian era and 1000 AD

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Soviet Built T26 light tank
Villanova de la Barca. Lleida . Spain  A Monument commemorating the Spanish Civil War

Spanish Civil War 1936 - !939

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Mezhdunarodnyy Aeroport Arkhangel'sk
Yakovlev Yak 18T

Aeronautical

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Trace the life Alexander the Great in Greece - featured in the FT How to Spend it magazine
Equestrian statue of Alexander the Great at Thesaloniki. Greece
Alexander the Great

Equestrian

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Buzludzha Monument, Bulgaria by СмdяСояd, via Flickr ( monument is placed where the final battle between Bulgarian rebels led by Hadji Dimitar and Stefan Karadzha[1] and the Ottoman Empire happened
Tank Battle at Dukla – WWII Battle in East Slovakia Featured at Svidnik Museum
Spomenik for the Battle of Drazgose, Slovenia (1976 )

Battles

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"Mourning Mothers" sculpture at Mamayev Kurgan, Volvograd (Stalingrad), Russia [500x694]
Commissioned by former Yugoslavian president, Josip Broz Tito in the 1960s and 70s to commemorate sites where WWII battles took place, these now forgotten structures stand empty and without the significance it once had decades ago. Designed by different sculptors and architects, the strong and powerful blending of art and architecture come together in these monuments to convey the sense of confidence and strength of the Socialist Republic.
Memorial complex Defenders of the Fatherland sky at the entrance to the city of Tula.

Second World War

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Памятник Ленину в Латвии. Lenin’s monument in Latvia.
A bas-relief depicting Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin on a dam at the Kirov Reservoir in the Talas region of western Kyrgyzstan on September 4, 2017.
A woman walks past a statue of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, on October 31, 2017

Political Leaders & Monarchs

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Monument of M. Kutuzov. Sculptor G. I. Motovilov, architect L. M. Poliakov. The monument is disposed in the public garden in the beginning of the Sovietskaya street, and it was installed in 1954. You can see the bronze figure of M. Kutuzov (4 m) in classical pose with sword in his right deflated hand on the granite pedestal by height 3.15 m. On card face of the pedestal there is a board with the inscription: "To the great russian military leader Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, prince Smolenskij"

Commemorative

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Gallery of The Tallest Statue in the World is Completed in India - 2
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Forgotten Communist Monoliths of Bulgaria | Atlas Obscura

Political Ideologies

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Spanish-American War Memorial, Dolores Street, San Francisco, California. Called California Volunteers, this bronze sculpture by Douglas Tilden, shows an American soldier, with pointed gun in one hand and a sword in the other, standing over a fallen comrade, a cannon nearby. Above them the goddess of war, Bellona, is astride the winged horse Pegasus.

First World War

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Monument to the Defenders of the Coast (Pomnik Obrońców Wybrzeża) in Westerplatte, Gdańsk, Poland.
(Just outside Dyers building) The Royal Fusiliers Monument. Grade II listed. Erected in 1922 + dedicated to the nearly 22,000 soldiers of The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) who died during WWI. It stands at Holborn Bar, one of the ancient entry points to the City of London. The bronze statue was designed by Albert Toft, with Cheadle & Harding as architects. Said to be modelled on a Sergeant Cox, who served throughout WWI. unveiled by the Lord Mayor of London at 1430, Saturday 4 Novemb
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War Memorials

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St Francis, Positano, italy
The 10m pedestal that the statue stands on was designed to look like an ancient warship
The Jingzhou city, Hubei province in China can boast now with absolutely enormous statue of the ancient Chinese god and warrior Guan Yu. The stunning sculpture will attract thousands of tourists and locals to praise and behold its glory. The 48 meter tall sculpture stands proudly on the 10 meter ped…

Religious

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Estatua em homenagem a Pele na estrada Fernão Dias perto da cidade de Três Corações. Minas Gerais, Brasil.

Sports

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Monumento a los defensores de Smolensk en la Guerra Patria de 1812. Rusia.
Simon G. Bradley Roberts
Simon G. Bradley Roberts
Monument of M. Kutuzov. Sculptor G. I. Motovilov, architect L. M. Poliakov. The monument is disposed in the public garden in the beginning of the Sovietskaya street, and it was installed in 1954. You can see the bronze figure of M. Kutuzov (4 m) in classical pose with sword in his right deflated hand on the granite pedestal by height 3.15 m. On card face of the pedestal there is a board with the inscription: "To the great russian military leader Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, prince Smolenskij" Public Garden, Monuments, Pedestal, Granite, Sword, Leader, Prince
Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, prince Smolenskij"
Monument of M. Kutuzov. Sculptor G. I. Motovilov, architect L. M. Poliakov. The monument is disposed in the public garden in the beginning of the Sovietskaya street, and it was installed in 1954. You can see the bronze figure of M. Kutuzov (4 m) in classical pose with sword in his right deflated hand on the granite pedestal by height 3.15 m. On card face of the pedestal there is a board with the inscription: "To the great russian military leader Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, prince Smolenskij"
Simon G. Bradley Roberts
Simon G. Bradley Roberts
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Simon G. Bradley Roberts
Gallery of The Tallest Statue in the World is Completed in India - 2 Vallabhbhai Patel, Narmada River, Michael Graves, Parcs, Poseidon, Incredible India, Amazing, India Travel, Zeus
Gallery of The Tallest Statue in the World is Completed in India - 2
Gallery of The Tallest Statue in the World is Completed in India - 2
50ft statue "dignity" goes up in South Dakota yesterday. Honoring the Lakota and the Dakota tribes that are indigenous to that area Native American Women, Native American History, American Indians, Indian History, Sculpture Textile, Art Sculpture, Statues, Dakota Do Sul, North Dakota
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50ft statue "dignity" goes up in South Dakota yesterday. Honoring the Lakota and the Dakota tribes that are indigenous to that area
Defenders of Stara Zagora Memorial Complex – Stara Zagora, Bulgaria Monumental Architecture, Structure Architecture, Historical Architecture, Architecture Details, Landscape Architecture, Brutalist Architecture, Soldier Memorial, Park Signage
Defenders of Stara Zagora Memorial Complex
Defenders of Stara Zagora Memorial Complex – Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
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Forgotten Communist Monoliths of Bulgaria
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Forgotten Communist Monoliths of Bulgaria
Forgotten Communist Monoliths of Bulgaria | Atlas Obscura
Monument to the Defenders of the Coast (Pomnik Obrońców Wybrzeża) in Westerplatte, Gdańsk, Poland. Monument Ideas, Back In The Ussr, Evil Empire, Gdansk, Work Inspiration, Stone Work, Poland
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Monument to the Defenders of the Coast (Pomnik Obrońców Wybrzeża) in Westerplatte, Gdańsk, Poland.
(Just outside Dyers building) The Royal Fusiliers Monument. Grade II listed. Erected in 1922 + dedicated to the nearly 22,000 soldiers of The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) who died during WWI. It stands at Holborn Bar, one of the ancient entry points to the City of London. The bronze statue was designed by Albert Toft, with Cheadle & Harding as architects. Said to be modelled on a Sergeant Cox, who served throughout WWI. unveiled by the Lord Mayor of London at 1430, Saturday 4 Novemb Lord Mayor Of London, War Memorials, Great British, England Travel, London City, World War I, Travel Bucket, Died
(Just outside Dyers building) The Royal Fusiliers Monument. Grade II listed. Erected in 1922 + dedicated to the nearly 22,000 soldiers of The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) who died during WWI. It stands at Holborn Bar, one of the ancient entry points to the City of London. The bronze statue was designed by Albert Toft, with Cheadle & Harding as architects. Said to be modelled on a Sergeant Cox, who served throughout WWI. unveiled by the Lord Mayor of London at 1430, Saturday 4 Novemb
Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr. Memento Park was set up after the fall of the communist regime in Hungary, as a place to showcase 42 of the sculptures that were spread around Budapest during the Soviet era. There are statues of Lenin, Engels, and Marx and many other statues that celebrate communism, the workers and other socialist ideals. Human Sculpture, My House In Budapest, Budapest Guide, Oppressed People, Thing 1, Weekends Away, Budapest Hungary, King Jr
Budapest - Memento Park
Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr. Memento Park was set up after the fall of the communist regime in Hungary, as a place to showcase 42 of the sculptures that were spread around Budapest during the Soviet era. There are statues of Lenin, Engels, and Marx and many other statues that celebrate communism, the workers and other socialist ideals.
Simon G. Bradley Roberts
Simon G. Bradley Roberts
Khatyn Memorial Complex - Monumentalism © 2020 Darmon Richter Architectural Sculpture, Egyptian Gods, Belarus, Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Public Art
Khatyn Memorial Complex - Monumentalism
Khatyn Memorial Complex - Monumentalism © 2020 Darmon Richter
Памятник Ленину в Латвии. Lenin’s monument in Latvia. Political Posters, Propaganda Posters, Art Deco Architecture, Celebridades Fashion, Socialist Realism
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Памятник Ленину в Латвии. Lenin’s monument in Latvia.
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https://flic.kr/p/bx3fA1 | Statue of Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus and carrying a winged statue of Nike (square of Alexander the Great) in Pella city Garden Sculpture, Pella, Alexander The Great, Art Model, Carry On, Wings
Statue of Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus and carrying a winged statue of Nike (square of Alexander the Great) in Pella city
https://flic.kr/p/bx3fA1 | Statue of Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus and carrying a winged statue of Nike (square of Alexander the Great) in Pella city
Statue labelled as Alexander the Great, but representing the god Apollo instead. It comes from the Etruscan Sanctuary of Scasato di Falerii Veteres, late 4th century BC. Museum Villa Giulia, Rome Ancient Egyptian Art, Ancient Aliens, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Ancient History, Alexandre O Grande, Roman History, European History, American History
Statue labelled as Alexander the Great, but representing the god Apollo instead. It comes from the Etruscan Sanctuary of Scasato di Falerii Veteres, late 4th century BC. Museum Villa Giulia, Rome