monument
noun
[ ˈmɒnjʊm(ə)nt ]
• a statue, building, or other structure erected to commemorate a notable person or event.
• "a simple stone monument marked the nearby crash site"
Similar:
memorial,
statue,
pillar,
column,
obelisk,
cross,
cairn,
dolmen,
cromlech,
monolith,
megalith,
henge,
stone circle,
cenotaph,
tomb,
mausoleum,
shrine,
sepulchre,
reliquary,
chorten,
Origin:
Middle English (denoting a burial place): via French from Latin monumentum, from monere ‘remind’.
