People have always needed art to represent the culture of their ethnic groups. Monuments are perennial traces of what many civilizations did in the past. They symbolize the ideals of people depending on their ages and ethnic group. The world is full of monuments because it reflects each custom, lifestyle, and tradition. Everything composes global history. We cannot deny it as people. As a result, monuments symbolize history and human evolution through centuries. They can also homage the spirit and the values of very important people. They became historical characters because of their deeds, and posterity knows them because of the monuments representing them. Monuments can also be meant as the symbols of the cities where they are placed. In this case, they symbolize the collective spirit of communities, such as cities themselves. Monuments allow these collective spirits to create glory and pride for cities and their respective countries.
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