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The Penshaw Monument (officially the Earl of Durham's Monument) is a memorial in the style of an ancient Greek temple on Penshaw Hill in the metropolitan borough of the City of Sunderland, North East England. It is located near the village of Penshaw, between the towns of Washington and Houghton-le-Spring in historic County Durham.
Penshaw Monument, from the south. Penshaw is well known locally for Penshaw Monument, a prominent landmark built in 1844 atop Penshaw Hill, which is a half-scale replica of the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens. Owing to its proximity to Durham City, the area was allocated a Durham postcode, DH4, which forms part of the Houghton-le-Spring post town.
The largest of three is the north-east cairn, which was partially reconstructed in the 19th century. The central cairn may have been used as a funeral pyre. [90] [94] [95] Vinquoy chambered cairn, Eday: United Kingdom Europe: 2000 BCE Tomb [96] Pyramid of Amenemhat I: Egypt: Africa: c. 1960 BCE Tomb Karnak: Egypt: Africa: 1971–1926 BCE Temple
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints holds a number of sites as historically significant. This list is intended as a quick reference for these sites. The sites may or may not be owned by the church.
Aztec Ruins consists of nearly 318 acres, so the restoration area represents only a small portion of the park’s total acreage. But Hatfield said work of this nature is new to the park.
The base of the monument is situated about 133 feet (41 m) above the nearest sidewalk. [4] The base of the monument has three inscriptions on its east, north, and south faces, which are as follows: [11] IN HONOR OF HENRY CLAY. / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED / BY THE CITIZENS OF SCHUYLKILL COUNTY / AND BEQUEATHED TO THEIR CHILDREN.
Barras Bridge, north of Church of St Thomas the Martyr: 1923: William Goscombe John — Granite monument with bronze high relief figures and low relief carvings Grade I: Q17552582: Parts cast at the A.B. Burton foundry at Thames Ditton; stonemasons, William Kirpatrick Ltd. [16] [2] [3] [4] Parsons' Polygon Corner of Blackett St. and West ...
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...