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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] monumentum, [[literally]], memorial, from monēre to remind
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]
==Definitions==
*1 obsolete : a burial vault : sepulchre
*2 : a written legal [[document]] or [[record]] : treatise
*3 a (1) : a lasting [[evidence]], reminder, or example of someone or something notable or great (2) : a distinguished [[person]]
:b : a memorial stone or a building erected in [[remembrance]] of a [[person]] or [[event]]
*4 archaic : an identifying mark : [[evidence]]; also : portent, sign
*5 obsolete : a carved statue : effigy
*6 : a boundary or position marker (as a stone)
*7 : national monument
*8 : a [[written]] tribute
==Description==
A '''monument''' is a [[type]] of [[structure]] either explicitly created to commemorate a [[person]] or important [[event]] or which has become important to a social [[group]] as a part of their [[remembrance]] of [[past]] [[events]]. They are frequently used to improve the [[appearance]] of a [[city]] or location. Cities that are [[planned]] such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_D.C. Washington D.C.], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Delhi New Delhi] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bras%C3%ADlia Brasília] are often built around monuments. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Monument Washington Monument]'s location (and vertical [[geometry]], though not [[physical]] detail) was [[conceived]] to help [[organize]] public space in the city before it was ever [[connected]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington George Washington]. Older cities have monuments placed at locations that are already important or are sometimes redesigned to [[focus]] on one. As [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley Shelley] suggested in his famous poem "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias Ozymandias]" ("Look on my [[works]], ye Mighty, and despair!"), the [[purpose]] of monuments is very often to impress or [[awe]]. In [[English]] the word "monumental" is often used in [[reference]] to something of extraordinary size and [[power]]. The word comes from the [[Latin]] "monere," which means 'to remind' or 'to warn.'[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument]
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] monumentum, [[literally]], memorial, from monēre to remind
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]
==Definitions==
*1 obsolete : a burial vault : sepulchre
*2 : a written legal [[document]] or [[record]] : treatise
*3 a (1) : a lasting [[evidence]], reminder, or example of someone or something notable or great (2) : a distinguished [[person]]
:b : a memorial stone or a building erected in [[remembrance]] of a [[person]] or [[event]]
*4 archaic : an identifying mark : [[evidence]]; also : portent, sign
*5 obsolete : a carved statue : effigy
*6 : a boundary or position marker (as a stone)
*7 : national monument
*8 : a [[written]] tribute
==Description==
A '''monument''' is a [[type]] of [[structure]] either explicitly created to commemorate a [[person]] or important [[event]] or which has become important to a social [[group]] as a part of their [[remembrance]] of [[past]] [[events]]. They are frequently used to improve the [[appearance]] of a [[city]] or location. Cities that are [[planned]] such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_D.C. Washington D.C.], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Delhi New Delhi] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bras%C3%ADlia Brasília] are often built around monuments. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Monument Washington Monument]'s location (and vertical [[geometry]], though not [[physical]] detail) was [[conceived]] to help [[organize]] public space in the city before it was ever [[connected]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington George Washington]. Older cities have monuments placed at locations that are already important or are sometimes redesigned to [[focus]] on one. As [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley Shelley] suggested in his famous poem "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias Ozymandias]" ("Look on my [[works]], ye Mighty, and despair!"), the [[purpose]] of monuments is very often to impress or [[awe]]. In [[English]] the word "monumental" is often used in [[reference]] to something of extraordinary size and [[power]]. The word comes from the [[Latin]] "monere," which means 'to remind' or 'to warn.'[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument]
[[Category: General Reference]]
