MONUMENT

n. something that serves to commemorate (statue, building, etc.), memorial; statue; tombstone

A monument is a statue, building, or other edifice created to commemorate a person, event or as an artistic object. They are frequently used to improve the appearance of a city or location. Cities that are planned such as Washington D.C. and Brasília are often built around monuments. The Washington Monument's location (and vertical geometry, though not physical detail) was conceived to help organize public space in the city before it was ever connected with George Washington. Older cities have monuments placed at locations that are already important or are sometimes redesigned to focus on one. As Shelley suggested in his famous poem "Ozymandias" ("Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"), the purpose of monuments is very often to impress or awe. In English the word "monumental" is often used in reference to something of extraordinary size and power. The word comes from the Latin "monere," which means 'to remind' or 'to warn.'
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Noun
1. a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
(synonym) memorial
(hypernym) structure, construction
(hyponym) brass, memorial tablet, plaque
2. an important site that is marked and preserved as public property
(hypernym) site, land site
(hyponym) market cross
3. a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
(synonym) repository
(hypernym) burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture

n. monument, something that serves to commemorate (statue, building, etc.), memorial; statue; tombstone

n. monument, something that serves to commemorate (statue, building, etc.)