#monumental architecture

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Proposed design for the Washington Monument by J. Goldsborough Bruff, March 19, 1873. 

Record Group 42: Records of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital

Series: Proposal Plans for a Washington Monument

Image description: Front and side drawings of the “Washington National Sphinx / Allegorical of Lofty Aspirations, Keen Foresight, Energy, Strength, Valor, and Immortality.” It is a being with the head and front claws of an eagle and the body of a lion. A striped shield is leaning against its chest, and a banner reading “E PLURIBUS UNUM” is draped over each front shoulder. It is on a 20’ x 8’ plinth decorated with “GW” in a circle with wings on each side. 

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Love Monument by Pablo Carpio

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Flame Monument, built in memory of 16 antifascist partisans killed in 1944, by Alexander Barov (1975).

Panicharevo, Bulgaria.

© Roberto Conte (2022)

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It is a statement of power and grandeur to impress and cow outsiders, but it also serves an internal purpose, cementing the position of the rulers in the hierarchy and therefore providing the stability and security on which civilisation rests.

"Human Universe" - Professor Brian Cox and Andrew Cohen

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I think a lot about the architecture ideas drawn by Étienne-Louis Boullée

They're sketches from the 1780s and they look like the end of the fucking universe

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Kiss of Death Monument

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Brutalist Cubism!

Frtiz Wotruba and architect Fritz Gerhard Mayr, Church of the Holy Trinity, Vienna, Austria, 1974-1976

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From Carnet de Balade, a photographic stroll with a smartphone The old and the new

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timeless views

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Warsaw, Poland by epepa.eu

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Arch of Hadrian in Athens, Greece (c.131-134 A.D.)

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Reference: Mannheim water tower in the initial phase of work, design quite early abandoned, to implement divergent concepts

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Karlskirche, Vienna, Austria.

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Vladimir Tatlin, "Monument to the Third International," c. 1919-1920

Left-Futurist artist Vladimir Tatlin was commissioned by the Fine Arts Department (IZO) of the new Russian revolutionary government in 1919 to conceptualize a monument in commemoration of the October Revolution. His result (shown here) would have been larger than the Eiffel Tower and nearly impossible to construct even in peacetime. Truly gigantic, it would have served as the headquarters of the Third International (which later became the Comintern).

For Disco Elysium fans, this is Ignus Nilsen's matchbox tower of Lysenkoist-infra-materialist wizardry

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Коломарес – самый фантастический замок Испании.

Испанский замок Коломарес – недавняя постройка, которую возвели в честь пятисотлетия со дня открытия Америки. Причем, строительство, начавшееся в 1987 году, возглавил доктор медицины Эстебан Мартин, который, как это ни странно, не обладал специальным образованием. Вместе с несколькими помощниками, которым ранее приходилось заниматься только кирпичной кладкой, он соорудил замок за 7 лет и в ходе работы освоил все премудрости строительства, это уникальное сооружение, позволяет проследить путь знаменитого мореплавателя через Атлантический океан. Автор проэкта и его помощники запечатлели в камне «Санта Марию», «Пинту» и «Нинью» – три корабля, которые приняли участие в плавании Колумба. Результатом столь кропотливого труда стал большой ажурный замок, площадь которого составляет не менее 1,5 тыс. кв. м. На сегодняшний день он является наибольшим памятником Колумбу не только в Испании, но и во всем мире. Любопытно, что при создании замка кроме кирпича были использованы мрамор, камень, стекло и даже древесина, из которой выполнили ряд элементов декора.

Это строение стало великим шедевром архитектуры, в смешанном стиле: византийском, римском, готическом и мавританском. И подобное смешение не простое совпадение, оно символично, потому что рассказывает об этапах развития страны и о многообразии культур, некогда населявших ее народов. Доктор Эстебан Мартин гармонично объединил в своем грандиозном сооружении элементы трех основных культур Испании времен Средневековья: христианства, иудаизма и ислама. Красота этой изумительной достопримечательности испанского курорта на Средиземном море в городе Бенальмадена, привлекает на отдых множество путешественников из разных стран мира.

Кроме того, архитектор символически отобразил и другие события испанской истории. Например, «Фонтан влюбленных» посвящен королевской чете – Фердинанду Арагонскому и Изабелле Кастильской. Эти монархи после долгих раздумий одобрили планы Колумба по снаряжению морской экспедиции.Еще одной составляющей Кастильо де Коломарес в Испании является часовня Santa Isabel de Hungria in Colomares, сооруженная в честь Св. Елизаветы Венгерской и числящаяся в Книге рекордов Гиннесса как наименьшая в мире церковь. Площадь этой капеллы составляет не более 2 кв. м, поэтому во время мессы в ней помещается только священник.

Colomares is the most fantastic castle in Spain.

The Spanish castle of Colomares is a recent construction, which was erected in honor of the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America. Moreover, the construction, which began in 1987, was headed by the doctor of medicine Esteban Martin, who, oddly enough, did not have a special education. Together with several assistants, who had previously only had to deal with bricklaying, he built the castle in 7 years and during the work mastered all the intricacies of construction, this unique structure allows you to follow the path of the famous navigator across the Atlantic Ocean. The author of the project and his assistants captured in stone "Santa Maria", "Pinta" and "Nina" - three ships that took part in Columbus's voyage. The result of such painstaking work was a large openwork castle, the area of ​​​​which is at least 1.5 thousand square meters. m. Today it is the largest monument to Columbus not only in Spain, but also in the whole world. It is curious that in addition to brick, marble, stone, glass and even wood were used to create the castle, from which a number of decorative elements were made.

This building has become a great masterpiece of architecture, in a mixed style: Byzantine, Roman, Gothic and Moorish. And such a mixture is not a simple coincidence, it is symbolic, because it tells about the stages of the country's development and the diversity of cultures that once inhabited its peoples. Doctor Esteban Martin harmoniously combined elements of the three main cultures of Spain during the Middle Ages in his grandiose structure: Christianity, Judaism and Islam. The beauty of this amazing landmark of the Spanish resort on the Mediterranean Sea in the city of Benalmadena attracts many travelers from different countries of the world to rest.

In addition, the architect symbolically displayed other events in Spanish history. For example, the "Fountain of Lovers" is dedicated to the royal couple - Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile. After much deliberation, these monarchs approved Columbus's plans to equip a sea expedition. Another component of the Castillo de Colomares in Spain is the chapel of Santa Isabel de Hungria in Colomares, built in honor of St. Elizabeth of Hungary and listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the smallest church in the world. The area of ​​this chapel is no more than 2 square meters, so only the priest fits in it during mass.

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