Sentence examples for a major monument from inspiring English sources

The now much-altered Ministry of Justice building (1895) is a major monument to their work.

The growing recognition of the Parthenon in Athens as a major monument helped secure the dominance of this Grecian form.

Roosevelt was the moving force behind the decision to build a major monument to Jefferson on the Tidal Basin.

This architectural harmony was enhanced by post-1945 planning, which preserved the ancient core of the city as a major monument and carefully supervised all modern building.

Getting a major monument built to Woodstock has been, to quote the Grateful Dead, a long, strange trip for the town of Bethel, where the festival ended up after being barred from its namesake some 60 miles away.

Finally, a marble fragment, was investigated, that belongs to the collection of the church of St. Catherine of Sinai, a major monument in the city of Heraklion.

After this, Quiriguá engaged in a major monument-building programme, closely mimicking the sculptural style of Copán, possibly using captured Copán sculptors to carry out the work.

Nevertheless, al-Idrīsī's book is a major geographic monument.

Someday, a major New York monument to them may rise, comparable perhaps to the haunting Vietnam Veterans Memorial in the financial district.

The opportunity was taken of providing a major cultural monument to strengthen national consciousness at a time of political crisis and to symbolize the new constitutional democracy that was established in 1849.

The Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon, who is accused of igniting the latest violence by leading a delegation from his Likud Party onto the plaza outside the Dome of the Rock, a major Muslim monument, has been roundly criticized by opponents at home and abroad.