๐ St Nicholas' Chapel #KingsLynn #Norfolk
The nearly lifelike images of Thomas Greene & his wife, Susannah Barker.
Thomas was mayor of Lynn three times - 1654, 1664 & 1675, when he died in office.
#MonumentMonday
The Umayyad Monumental Gateway and entrance to the #Umayyad palace at the #Amman citadel 730 CE. It has a crucifix plan and is believed to have had a wooden dome, exterior pic shows views of Abdali in the distance. #MonumentMonday #Archaeology #Jordan #MonumentHistorique
Everyone knows about the beautiful Duomo in Florence, but did you know that the gorgeous facade was actually creted in 1861 to celebrate the unification of Italy and Florence becoming the capital of Italy? The more you know! #historyofflorence #monumentmonday
Capturing that moment of first sighting the Khaznah, never fails to impress! Nice to see so many tourists back. The facade is 25m wide and 39m high, built in the 2nd half of the reign of King Aretas IV ุงูุญุงุฑุซ.
9 BCE- 40 CE #MonumentMonday #Archaeology #Jordan #Nabateans
Royalty through the ages. Henry IV was born here, now Harry I is paying a visit! #MondayMemories #MonumentMonday ๐๐ถ๐ฐ
This is the incredible #DinLligwy Romano British farmstead, Moelfre, #Anglesey . Here you see a mix of the traditional native 'roundhouses' alongside lots of more 'Roman' rectangular structures which have shown evidence for metalworking #monumentmonday
๐ #Callington #Cornwall
โWatch and Prayโ -
a detail from slate memorial to Ann Holliday who died in 1753
Significant in having the name of the sculptor -
John Burt of Callington
#MonumentMonday
And also a full view of her memorial - she doesn't look very comfortable! 2/2
#monumentmonday and #mementomorimonday
#MonumentMonday Sandstone Monument 1574 with effigies of Richard Barneby and his wife. St Michael's, Bockleton.
For #MonumentMonday This Aviation Memorial Monument entitled The Fall of Icarus at Chania๐ฌ๐ท *might need a click* ๐ฝ๐ฟ
I found a fancy new kennel in the shade! Just need to add my coat of arms and itโs mine. ๐ก๐ถโ๏ธ #MonumentMonday
Lisbet Nypan of Norway, she and her husband Ole Nypan were convicted of witchcraft Lisbet herself was burned at the stake, while her husband was beheaded. In 2005, a statue was unveiled at Leinstrand, created by Steinar Garberg. #MonumentMonday @witchesofscotland TheCalderWitchHunt
The sheep have been moved and the grass has been mown. Finally, Iโm back at my favourite ancient monument! #MonumentMonday โฑ๏ธ๐พ
Happy #MonumentMonday !
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#memorialday #memorialday weekend #happymemorialday #memorialday sale #memorialday ๐บ๐ธ #memorialmonday #furniture #bendoregon #redmondoregon #centraloregon
๐คฏ TIL there is a 12ft mini Washington Monument buried near the real thing and accessible by a manhole. It is used as a control point by the National Geodetic Survey.
Credit: Atlas Obscura
#MonumentMonday #surveyors
A monument to Elizabeth Williams in Gloucester cathedral - she died in childbirth in 1622. I love the details of her ruff and the curls in her hair and, of course, her book 1/2
#MonumentMonday and #mementomorimonday