Monumental Crosses
This is a list of notable monumental crosses. Planned projectsFamily Worship Center Cairo, Ga, USA, 45.72 m, announced 2020 * Cross of Blaszki, Poland, 100 * Constantine the Great Cross, Serbia, 80 m, abandoned * Kraljevo Cross, Kraljevo, Serbia, 33.5 m, planned References See also *Wayside cross * Lithuanian cross crafting * Khachkar *Cross of Sacrifice The Cross of Sacrifice is a Commonwealth war memorial designed in 1918 by Sir Reginald Blomfield for the Imperial War Graves Commission (now the Commonwealth War Graves Commission). It is present in Commonwealth war cemeteries containing 40 or ... {{TBSW Crosses by function Lists of tallest structures ...
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Valle De Los Caídos
The Valley of the Fallen (Spanish: Valle de los Caídos; ) is a Catholic basilica and a monumental memorial in the municipality of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, erected at Cuelgamuros Valley in the Sierra de Guadarrama, near Madrid. Dictator Francisco Franco claimed that the monument was meant to be a "national act of atonement" and reconciliation. It served as the burial place of Franco's remains from his death in November 1975 until his exhumation on 24 October 2019, as a result of efforts to remove all public veneration of his dictatorship, and following a long and controversial legal process. The monument, considered a landmark of 20th-century Spanish architecture, was designed by Pedro Muguruza and Diego Méndez on a scale to equal, according to Franco, "the grandeur of the monuments of old, which defy time and memory." Together with the ''Universidad Laboral de Gijón'', it is the most prominent example of the original Spanish Neo-Herrerian style, which was intended to fo ...
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The World's Largest Cross In Effingham Illinois
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ...
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Veitsch Mount Of Olives Pilgrims Cross
Veitsch Mount of Olives Pilgrims Cross, (german: Pilgerkreuz am Veitscher Ölberg) is the world's largest pilgrims cross. It is situated near Veitsch in Austria. The cross was built in 2004; it is made of wood and is tall, with crossarms spanning . The cross is accessible for visitors. External links * http://www.pilgerkreuz.at/ See also * List of towers Several extant building fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and are ''self-supporting' ... Buildings and structures in Styria Tourist attractions in Styria Monumental crosses 2004 establishments in Austria 21st-century architecture in Austria {{Styria-geo-stub ...
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Monument To The Fallen Shipyard Workers Of 1970
The Monument to the fallen Shipyard Workers 1970 ( pl, Pomnik Poległych Stoczniowców 1970) was unveiled on 16 December 1980 near the entrance to what was then the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland. It commemorates the 42 or more people killed during the Coastal cities events in December 1970. It was created in the aftermath of the Gdańsk Agreement and is the first monument to the victims of communist oppression to be erected in a communist country. It was designed by: Bogdan Pietruszka, Wiesław Szyślak, Wojciech Mokwiński and Jacek Krenz. Gallery Image:Brosen MemorialFallenShipyardsWorkers.jpg Image:Brosen MiloszPoemShipyardGdansk.jpg Image:Brosen ListFallenShipyardsWorkers.jpg File:Monument 21 x tak – Solidarność in Gdańsk.jpg See also * Solidarity * Gdańsk Shipyard The Gdańsk Shipyard ( pl, Stocznia Gdańska, formerly Lenin Shipyard) is a large Polish shipyard, located in the city of Gdańsk. The yard gained international fame when Solidarity () was ...
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Monument To The Fallen Shipyard Workers Of 1970
The Monument to the fallen Shipyard Workers 1970 ( pl, Pomnik Poległych Stoczniowców 1970) was unveiled on 16 December 1980 near the entrance to what was then the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland. It commemorates the 42 or more people killed during the Coastal cities events in December 1970. It was created in the aftermath of the Gdańsk Agreement and is the first monument to the victims of communist oppression to be erected in a communist country. It was designed by: Bogdan Pietruszka, Wiesław Szyślak, Wojciech Mokwiński and Jacek Krenz. Gallery Image:Brosen MemorialFallenShipyardsWorkers.jpg Image:Brosen MiloszPoemShipyardGdansk.jpg Image:Brosen ListFallenShipyardsWorkers.jpg File:Monument 21 x tak – Solidarność in Gdańsk.jpg See also * Solidarity * Gdańsk Shipyard The Gdańsk Shipyard ( pl, Stocznia Gdańska, formerly Lenin Shipyard) is a large Polish shipyard, located in the city of Gdańsk. The yard gained international fame when Solidarity () was ...
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Krzyż Na Chełmcu, Góry Wałbrzyskie (Hochwald-Kreuz)
Krzyż may refer to: *Krzyż, Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) *Krzyż, Pomeranian Voivodeship (north Poland) *Krzyż, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (south-central Poland) *Krzyż, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (north Poland) *Krzyż Wielkopolski Krzyż Wielkopolski (german: Kreuz ( Ostbahn)) is a town in Poland, with 6,176 inhabitants (2019) in the Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is an important railroad junction, with two major lines crossing there - the Berl ...