monument

imposing structure created to commemorate a person or event, or used for that purpose
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monument

Summary

monument ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (763 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • monument is a type of architectural structure[2].
  • monument is a type of work of art[3].
  • monument is part of cultural heritage[4].
  • monument's Commons category is recorded as Monuments and memorials[5].
  • monument's said to be the same as is recorded as memorial[6].
  • monument's said to be the same as is recorded as monument[7].
  • monument's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Monuments[8].
  • monument's topic's main category is recorded as Q10051626[9].
  • monument's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as historic=monument[10].
  • monument's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
  • monument's described by source is recorded as Green Map Icons[12].
  • monument's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[13].
  • monument's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • monument's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox monument[15].
  • monument's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1456[16].
  • monument's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Monument[17].
  • monument's different from is recorded as memorial building[18].
  • monument's different from is recorded as memorial stone[19].
  • monument's properties for this type is recorded as P547[20].
  • monument's properties for this type is recorded as P17[21].
  • monument's properties for this type is recorded as P18[22].
  • monument's properties for this type is recorded as P131[23].
  • monument's properties for this type is recorded as P276[24].
  • monument's properties for this type is recorded as P625[25].
  • monument's properties for this type is recorded as P287[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include architectural structure[2] and work of art[3].

Use and Application

monument is part of cultural heritage[4].

Why It Matters

monument ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (763 views/month).[1] monument has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] monument is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from memorial building, memorial stone
    Said to be the same as memorial, monument
    Part of
    Subclass of
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4120, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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