Monuments & memorials of the world
13,426 monuments and memorials across 6 continents and 200+ countries — from triumphal arches, obelisks and war memorials to landmark statues and mausoleums worldwide. Data from Wikidata (CC0); summaries from Wikipedia.
The earliest-dated monuments
- BarnenezPlouezoc'h, France -4500
- DanNorthern District, Israel -4500
- Coldrum Long BarrowTrottiscliffe, United Kingdom -4000
- Dolmen of GuadalperalEl Gordo, Spain -3999
- dolmen de la Coma EnestaperaCerbère, France -3500
- QatnaHoms Governorate, Syria -3299
- Quoyness chambered cairnOrkney Islands, United Kingdom -3000
- Marlborough MoundMarlborough, United Kingdom -3000
- StonehengeAmesbury, United Kingdom -3000
- Blackhammer Chambered CairnOrkney Islands, United Kingdom -2999
- Legananny DolmenNorthern Ireland, United Kingdom -2999
- Zincirli HöyükGaziantep Province, Turkey -2999
Asia 2517
'Abd al-Ahad Khan mausoleum Navoiy District, Uzbekistan 'Umayri Amman, Jordan 14 October 1973 Memorial Thailand 228 Peace Memorial Park Zhongzheng District, Taiwan 33 Martyrs Memorial Turkey 57th Infantry Regiment Memorial Turkey 9/11 Living Memorial Plaza Jerusalem, Israel Aammiq Zahlé, Lebanon Aayi Mandapam Pondicherry, India Abdi İpekçi Peace Monument Şişli, Turkey Abdolabad Mausoleum Bardaskan County, Iran Abdolbobo Mausoleum Khiva, Uzbekistan Abdul Hamid Chowdhury Andijan, Uzbekistan Abdul Rahman Bastaki Mausoleum Kukherdharang, Iran Abdullah Shah Ghazi Mausoleum Clifton, Pakistan Abedani Kofun Matsue, Japan Abel-beth-maachah Israel Abishemu obelisk Beirut, Lebanon Abu Hafs Kabir Bukhari Memorial Complex Bukhara, Uzbekistan Abu Uthman al-Maghribi Mausoleum Nishapur County, Iran Abu al-Hassan Kharaqani Mausoleum Shahrud County, Iran Abuyama Kofun Japan Abylai Khan Zhetisu district, Kazakhstan Achut Bibi's Mosque and Tomb Ahmedabad City Taluka, India Ad Deir Al-Betrā', Jordan Adab Wasit Governorate, Iraq Adam's fountain India Adamkayalar Silifke, Turkey Afaq Khoja Mausoleum Kashgar, China Afsarwala Tomb South East Delhi district, India Aga Khan's Maqbara Mumbai, India Ageshima Kofun Izumo, Japan Ahar Cenotaphs Udaipur, India Ahmad Shah's Tomb Ahmedabad City Taluka, India Ahmad ibn Hanbal Mosque Baghdad, Iraq Ahmad-e Jam Mausoleum Torbat-e Jam County, Iran Ahmadalilar Mausoleum Əhmədalılar, Azerbaijan Ain-ul-mulk's tomb Bijapur District, India Ainoshima Stone Tumuli Shingū-machi, Japan Ajiyoshi Futagoyama Kofun Kasugai, Japan Ak Astana-Baba Surxondaryo Region, Uzbekistan Akamonue Kofun Hamakita Ward, Japan Akasaka Tennōzan Kofun Sakurai, Japan Akatsuchiyama Kofun Tenri, Japan Akbar Khan Castle Kermanshah Province, Iran Akbar's Tomb Agra district, India Akeai Kofun Japan Akeldama Jerusalem, Israel
See all 2,517 in Asia → Americas 2735
100th Anniversary of the Canadian Navy Canada 145th Field Artillery Monument Salt Lake City, United States 16th Street World War I Memorial Trees United States 1761 Milestone Woonsocket, United States 1767 Milestones Hampden County, United States 18 Shades of Gay Montreal, Canada 1872 California-Nevada State Boundary Marker Washoe County, United States 1877 survey marker 48 Oklahoma, United States 19th Century Spring Hill Neighborhood TR Mobile, United States 2021 Canadian Indian residential school gravesite discoveries Canada 21-Mile House Santa Clara County, United States 29th Colored Regiment Monument United States 32nd Indiana Monument Kentucky, United States 49 ABC Mexico City, Mexico 8th Street Fountain United States 9/11 Memorial in Arizona Phoenix, United States 9/11 Tribute Museum New York City, United States 91st Division Monument Washington, United States A Monument to Peace: Our Hope for the Children Salt Lake City, United States A. R. Bowman Memorial Museum Oregon, United States ACA Memorial Park New York, United States AIDS Garden Chicago United States AIDS Memorial Grove San Francisco, United States Aaronic Priesthood Restoration Site Oakland Township, United States Abbey Mausoleum Arlington, United States Abraham Lincoln Monument Ypsilanti, United States Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Elwood, United States Abraham Lincoln Shrine San Bernardino County, United States Abraham Lincoln: The Man Chicago, United States Acadia National Cemetery Washington County, United States Acadian Landing Site Madawaska, United States Acton State Historic Site Hood County, United States Adam-ondi-Ahman Daviess County, United States Adams Memorial Washington, D.C., United States Admiral David G. Farragut Washington, D.C., United States Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Gravesite The Bronx, United States Aetna Earthworks Aetna Township, United States Afghanistan Memorial Toronto, Canada Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial Trenton, Canada Afghan–Iraqi Freedom Memorial Salem, United States African American Civil War Memorial and Museum Washington, D.C., United States African Burial Ground National Monument Manhattan, United States African-American Monument Savannah, United States Afro-American Sons and Daughters Hospital Yazoo City, United States Afterglow Vista San Juan County, United States Agat Invasion Beach Hågat, United States Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Sioux County, United States Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila Mexico
See all 2,735 in Americas → Europe 5874
"Mi Amigo" memorial Sheffield, United Kingdom 'The Cross': a hill-figure war memorial at Lenham Lenham, United Kingdom 1905 Square Yekaterinburg, Russia 1916 Memorial Limerick, Ireland 1st Armoured Division Monument Żoliborz, Poland 2024 Summer Olympics cauldron 1st arrondissement of Paris, France 24th Division War Memorial London Borough of Wandsworth, United Kingdom 29th Division War Memorial Stretton-on-Dunsmore, United Kingdom 51st (Highland) Division Monument Beaumont-Hamel, France 51st (Highland) Division War Memorial Perth and Kinross, United Kingdom 62–72 Tay Street Perth and Kinross, United Kingdom 7 July Memorial City of Westminster, United Kingdom 7 July Memorial (Tavistock Square) London Borough of Camden, United Kingdom 8. November 1939 (Denkmal) Munich, Germany 9 towers Nazran, Russia A Conversation with Oscar Wilde City of Westminster, United Kingdom A monument to something that never happened Mościce, Poland AIF Burial Ground Flers, France Aars stone Vesthimmerland Municipality, Denmark Aars water tower Vesthimmerland Municipality, Denmark Abbas Ali Türbe Berat District, Albania Abbatija Tad-Dejr Malta Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension Abbeville, France Abbeville Communal Cemetery, Commonwealth Plot Abbeville, France Abbot's Chair Charlesworth, United Kingdom Abdie stone Fife, United Kingdom Abeele Aerodrome Military Cemetery Poperinge, Belgium Abez labor camp Abez, Russia Abinger Common War Memorial Abinger, United Kingdom Aboyne Stone Circle Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom Abrigos de Peñas Cabrera Casabermeja, Spain Abuli fortress Georgia Acadine Italy Acheux British Cemetery Acheux-en-Vimeu, France Acueducto de los Milagros Mérida, Spain Ad Quintum Elbasan municipality, Albania Ad Stoma (castra) Sarichioi, Romania Adam Mickiewicz Monument Vilnius, Lithuania Adam Mickiewicz Monument Szczecin, Poland Adam Mickiewicz Monument, Warsaw Śródmieście, Poland Adam's Grave Alton, United Kingdom Adanac Military Cemetery Miraumont, France Addington Long Barrow Addington, United Kingdom Adinkerke Military Cemetery De Panne, Belgium Adisham Water Tower Adisham, United Kingdom Admiral Hood Monument Butleigh, United Kingdom Admiral Rodney's Pillar, Breidden Hill Bausley with Criggion, United Kingdom Admiralty Arch City of Westminster, United Kingdom
See all 5,874 in Europe → Africa 584
1520 AD Biharwe Eclipse Monument Mbarara District, Uganda 1820 Settlers National Monument Makhanda, South Africa Abercorn Memorial Mbala, Zambia Abgig obelisk Faiyum, Egypt Aboke Girls Memorial School Lira District, Uganda Abu Madi Saint Catherine Monastery, Egypt Abuja City Gate Abuja, Nigeria African Renaissance Monument Ouakam, Senegal Afrikaans Language Monument Paarl, South Africa Agiya Tree Monument Lagos State, Nigeria Ain El Fouara Fountain Sétif, Algeria Akachi Monument Nigeria Al-Ashraf Mosque Egypt Al-Rifa'i Mosque Cairo Governorate, Egypt Al-Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque Cairo Governorate, Egypt Al-Sayeda Zainab Mosque Cairo Governorate, Egypt Al-Sultaniyya Egypt Al-Wad School Mosque Fez, Morocco Alamein Memorial El Alamein, Egypt Alexandria Naval Unknown Soldier Memorial Alexandria Governorate, Egypt Almoravid Koubba Marrakech, Morocco Alédjo Wildlife Reserve Tchaoudjo, Togo Amansi and Mapeera monument Entebbe, Uganda Amarna Minya Governorate, Egypt Amarna Tomb 3 Egypt Amazon Monument Cotonou, Benin An-Nekhel Fortress Sinai Peninsula, Egypt Ancient Gates of Benin kingdom Nigeria Ancient Kano City Walls Kano, Nigeria Anglo-Boer War Memorial South Africa Anti-corruption Monument of Rwanda Kimihurura, Rwanda Arch 22 Banjul, The Gambia Arch of Alexander Severus Béja Governorate, Tunisia Arch of Caracalla Djemila, Algeria Arch of Caracalla Tébessa, Algeria Arch of Marcus Aurelius Tripoli, Libya Arch of Septimius Severus (Leptis Magna) Al Khums, Libya Arch of Trajan Timgad, Algeria Artillery Memorial, Cape Town South Africa Arua City Tower Uganda Arusha Declaration Monument Arusha, Tanzania Askari Monument Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Athribis Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt Avaris Sharqia Governorate, Egypt Baden-Powell grave Nyeri County, Kenya Bagamoyo Historic Town Bagamoyo District, Tanzania Banishment Stela Egypt Barlonyo Memorial Site Northern Region, Uganda
See all 584 in Africa → Oceania 967
161 Sussex Street, Sydney City of Sydney, Australia 185 chairs New Zealand 2000 Summer Olympics cauldron Sydney, Australia 87 Crown Street, Wollongong New South Wales, Australia 90-92 Windmill Street, Millers Point New South Wales, Australia ACT Memorial Australian Capital Territory, Australia AMA House Queensland, Australia ANZAC Parade Australian Capital Territory, Australia Abel Tasman Monument Tasman District, New Zealand Abernethy and Co Stonemason's Lathe New South Wales, Australia Acacia Ridge Air Raid Shelter Queensland, Australia Acland No. 2 Colliery Queensland, Australia Adelaide River War Cemetery Coomalie Shire, Australia Albert Park (North) Air Raid Shelter Queensland, Australia Albert Park (South) Air Raid Shelter Queensland, Australia Albion Fire Station City of Brisbane, Australia Albury War Cemetery City of Albury, Australia Alexandra Building Queensland, Australia Alexandra Fountain City of Greater Bendigo, Australia Alice Springs Telegraph Station Town of Alice Springs, Australia Allan Cunningham Monument Australia Allgas Building Queensland, Australia Amity, New Farm Queensland, Australia Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd Queensland, Australia Annerley Army Reserve Depot Queensland, Australia Anning Monument Queensland, Australia Anzac Avenue Memorial Trees Queensland, Australia Anzac Memorial City of Sydney, Australia Anzac Memorial Park, Townsville Queensland, Australia Anzac Square Building Queensland, Australia Apple Tree Creek War Memorial Queensland, Australia Aramac War Memorial Queensland, Australia Archerfield Second World War Igloos Complex Queensland, Australia Archibald Fountain City of Sydney, Australia Argyle Cut New South Wales, Australia Argyle Homestead Queensland, Australia Arltunga Historical Reserve Central Desert Region, Australia Armidale Teachers' College, Armidale New South Wales, Australia Arncliffe Market Gardens New South Wales, Australia Arnprior, Larbert New South Wales, Australia Arthur Dudley Dobson Memorial Selwyn District, New Zealand Arthur's Stone Far North District, New Zealand Ascot House Queensland, Australia Astolat, Yeronga Queensland, Australia Astrea, West End Queensland, Australia Atherton War Cemetery Queensland, Australia Atherton War Memorial Queensland, Australia Athol Place Queensland, Australia
See all 967 in Oceania →