Monument to the People's Heroes

Monument to the People's Heroes

Year

1958

Type

public art

The 38-meter granite obelisk at the center of Tiananmen Square was the first major monument of the People's Republic, completed in 1958 from a design selected through national competition. The monolith (a single piece of Qingdao granite wei …

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