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Older cities have monuments placed at locations that are already important or are sometimes redesigned to focus on one... the purpose of monuments is very often to impress or awe... Monuments are also often designed to convey historical or political information... The social meanings of monuments are rarely fixed and certain and are frequently... Monuments have been created for thousands of years... to study large monuments and pay less attention to the everyday lives of the societies that created them... constitute small monuments to a dead person... monuments also refer to areas of special natural beauty... List of monuments in the United States... List of monuments in the United States... Website of Monuments and Sculptures in UK... Monuments of India at kamat...

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