Sentences with phrase «monument like»

Instead of its usual context as interior office furniture, the fountain is placed monument like on a grass island in the center of the campus.

Ironically, one person who thought the country should not having monuments like these in the first place — as well as Confederate flags — displayed was Robert E. Lee.

Monuments like Stonehenge may take the breath away, but as The Tale of the Axe by David Miles shows, the real flavour of Neolithic life is in the detail

In the United Kingdom, the Bronze Age began between 4500 and 4000 years ago with the expansion of large monuments like Stonehenge.

Built on an 8 - acre wooded area, visitors can stroll through the park, reflect at the waterfall or sit on the grounds without walking around above - ground monuments like traditional cemeteries.

India boasts an impressive 32 UNESCO World Heritage sites, including world - famous monuments like the 17th century Red Fort in Delhi and the abandoned capital of Fatehpur Sikri.

In this valley, there are important pre-Incan archaeological complexes, such as Piquillaqta and Raqchi, Incan complexes like Tipón, colonial monuments like the Mansion of the Marquis de Valleumbroso, the Church of Andahuaylillas, known as America's Sistine Chapel; the Villa Rica de Oropesa, Regional Capital of Bread, and Wassao, the Land of Wizzards and Healers.

Buenos Aires has the layout of a European capital — with the grand avenues cutting through the city, impressive monuments like the Obelisk, visible from far away.

These range from our oldest and most classic parks — Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains — to lesser - known national monuments like White Sands in New Mexico and Devils Tower in Wyoming.

The luxurious Eastern & Oriental Express train journey offers travellers spectacular views of this country's beautiful countryside, as well as historic monuments like the Bridge on the River Kwai.

Our Bed and Breakfast is in the very middle of the town, at walking distance from main monuments like Piazza delle Erbe, the ancient Roman Forum, Piazza dei Signori, Cathedral, Roman Theater, Castle San Pietro, Castelvecchio.

In addition to monuments like the Witch House, we recommend checking out the Stickworks Statues or the Salem Common park.

And after visiting the different beach destinations in Masbate, tourists can also drop by historical monuments like the Aroroy and Balud lighthouses.

I was able to jump, triple jump, crouch and back - flip and cartwheel across the sands and up stone monuments like not a day had passed since Super Mario 64.

This caused fans to believe that the next game would take place there, with large monuments like the Big Ben available for hacking.

We don't really have monuments like the Europeans do — I mean their ancient cathedrals, old palaces, buildings, and so on.

The photographs include images of well - known monuments like the Eiffel Tower, the Coliseum and the Golden Gate Bridge as well as seemingly banal images of city streets, gardens, tropical sunsets and apartment buildings.

India is well - known for monuments like the Taj Mahal.

Not exact matches

The removal of Confederate monuments has also stirred up anger in cities like New Orleans, and officials in several states are now making similar efforts.

One aide who felt energized by the president's actions was the embattled White House chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, who shares Mr. Trump's anger at the efforts of local governments to remove monuments honoring prominent Confederate figures like Robert E. Lee.

You say you would like to have a monument to Dr. Tiller... If one could be erected would you be willing to establish a perpetual fund to preserve and clean that monument?

I think many other sects and religion are existing on this earth so why not to make historic monument that contains all religion values and content where people can contact each other and learn whatever they would like to know.

I'm against people who are saying things like» the Imam is one of the most evil men on the planet» «They are building a school for terrorists» «its a monument to their triumph» Look up Sufism.

Granted, the national cathedral is more like a cultural heritage so the fact it's damaged is not much different from the fact that the Washington monument was damaged.

Just like the protestant preachers with their $ 20 million $ churchs that stand as monuments to themselves while not a mile away people starve everyday and live in cardboard boxes and the dumb sheep keep giving to these conmen.

It sure does sound like Islam is building a victory monument in NYC.

The offensiveness looks like this: Regardless of how it is intended, it will be perceived by radical Muslims around the world as a giant monument, in the heart of the beast itself, to their success in attacking America.

When one looks at the most beautiful or historically important buildings in the World, they tend to be religious monuments — the pyramids of Egypt and Mesoamerica, the great cathedrals of Europe, Spilt Blood and St. Isaacs in Saint Petersburg, the Greek and Roman temples, the Taj Mahal, the Wots of Asia, even the modern Mormon temples in Salt Lake City and the like.

«They said they wanted to be open to different monuments,» said Lucien Greaves, a spokesman for the Temple of Satan, «and this seems like a perfect place to put that to the test.»

We started as a «christian» nation and prospered for almost 200 years, then we started taking «GOD» out of shcool, off our monuments, and pretty much out of everything, even our current president covers up all the words «GOD» at any place he visits like on walls and other places.

Under the Director of Waqfs a staff of architects and civil engineers are freeing national monuments from their slum - like surroundings and restoring their original beauty.

bathed in a glorious light that seemed like much more than just the sun's illumination; the white clouds sculpted against blue skies, stacked like majestic monuments to the Almighty's unfathomable glory....

Meanwhile, a like monument in Egypt is said to be the same as it was the day the New York obelisk was borne away.

I have seen it in Australia, where the early Afghan immigrants built mosques like monuments, some of which are now museums.

I also like the number of monuments in Jerusalem wherer they calim Christ did this or Christ diud that when, in reality, they haven't a clue and it is all made up.

The giants swing their triple arms or poise, frozen like hazmat signs, on every hill: alien prayer wheels of unending noise or monuments to birds and bats they kill; Shivas, whose dance preserves us and destroys a landscape that no longer can stand still.

The team showed CBN the work they're doing and the specifics of how they're reinforcing and renovating the monument — almost like putting together a puzzle.

You worship players like Ronaldo and Ramos, walking monuments to vanity, and arrogance and then come here to gloat instead of enjoying your win with your own fans.

It sits atop the monument with the 75 names like a lightless beacon, sending a beam no one sees.

However, Ian Holloway will be keen to stress the importance of maintaining focus and and a sense of perspective ahead of the arrival of the Red Devils, who now lead the way and remain unbeaten in all competitions this season, with important points up for grabs in a fixture where it would be easy for sides like Blackpool to merely turn up and play the role of an excited tourist starring at an awe - inspiring monument.

A super tall monument with an interesting shape and four elevators — what's there not be liked by two little boys?

After the uproar from the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville two weeks ago, New York City leaders are debating removing monuments to Confederate leaders like Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson as well as other racist or otherwise problematic figures.

Taking down statues of Confederate figures is «just like» removing a monument to victims of the 9/11 attacks, said Maine Gov. Paul LePage, a Republican, adding that the white nationalist and far - left protesters in Charlottesville over the weekend were «equally as bad» and «disgusting.»

In same vein, the Special Adviser said the «Community» statue located at the Ile Zik, Ikeja, said the monument was rightly and timely to celebrate the unity and like - mindedness as a people authenticating the popular saying «United we stand, divided we fall».

Just like the fabulous NYSUT office monument on Route 7 in Latham, and I think there's another huge building just off the Northway heading to Saratoga that is dedicated to some other component of the bloated education bureacracy in NYS.

Meanwhile, Mayor Bill de Blasio has appointed a commission to review monuments dedicated to controversial historical figures like Columbus.

The tragedy of all this is that Hilary Clinton, for all her mistakes... understands what a fantastic monument to all the best instincts of the human race this country might have been, if we could have kept it out of the hands of greedy little hustlers like Rump.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has appointed a commission to review monuments dedicated to controversial historical figures like Columbus.

Cuomo never bequeathed monuments to his time like Thomas Dewey's Thruway, or Albany's Empire State Plaza and sprawling SUNY system left by Nelson Rockefeller — unless you consider the many new prisons he deemed necessary.

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, who helped finance the restoration of the plaza in front of the aging monument, said large structures like Soldiers» and Sailors» are «for all moments,» and not just Memorial Day — as a place reminding us to reflect on sacrifice and also on the need for peace worldwide.