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National monument

Depending on the nation concerned, the term national monument may refer to one specific monument which aims to represent a nation, or a series of structures or areas deemed to be of national importance and therefore afforded protection by the state. In the Netherlands, Rijksmonument is the term (which translates literally "state monument").

Examples include:

National Monument, Edinburgh
National Monument (Indonesia)
National Monument (Ireland)
National Monument, Islamabad
National Monuments of Singapore
National Monument (United States)
Rijksmonument (Netherlands)

See also

National Memorial
National icon

Source: Wikipedia

Translation of "National monument"

Spanish: Monumento Nacional, Swedish: Nationalmonument.
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