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Monumental Crosses
List of tallest crosses in the world (minimum height 20 metres). List Planned projects * Monterrey cross, Monterrey, Mexico, 160 m, announced in 2022 * Cross of Blaszki, Poland, 100 m, announced in 2018 * Kraljevo Cross, Kraljevo, Serbia, 33.5 m, announced in 2015 See also * Wayside cross * Lithuanian cross crafting * Khachkar * Cross of Sacrifice The Cross of Sacrifice is a Commonwealth of Nations, 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 grave ... References External links Tallest crossesoSkyscraperpage.comSome monumental crosses in the USA {{TBSW Crosses by function Crosses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valle De Los Caídos
The Valley of Cuelgamuros (Spanish: ''Valle de Cuelgamuros''), until 2022 Valley of the Fallen (Spanish: ''Valle de los Caídos''), is a monument in the Sierra de Guadarrama, near Madrid. The valley contains a Catholic basilica and a monumental memorial in the municipality of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Dictator Francisco Franco ordered the construction of the monumental site in 1940; it was built from 1940 to 1958, and opened in 1959. Franco said that the monument was intended as a "national act of atonement" and reconciliation. The site served as Franco's burial place from his death in November 1975—although it was not originally intended that he be buried there—until his exhumation on 24 October 2019 following a long and controversial legal process due to moves to remove all public glorification of his dictatorship. The monument, considered a landmark of 20th-century Spanish architecture, was designed by Pedro Muguruza and Diego Méndez on a scale to equal, according ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
