UNESCO established 18 April as the International Day for Monuments and Sites in 1983. It aims to raise public awareness about the diversity and vulnerability of the world’s built monuments and heritage sites and the efforts required to protect and conserve them. Each year has a different theme.
Question:
What is the most moving memorial you have ever visited (describe it and give details of its history)?
To do:
Find a memorial near your school and take good quality photos (or, even better, do a few sketches!), then answer the questions below.
Questions:
- Who was the sculptor?
- What is the monument made of and what does it represent?
- Where did the money to build it come from?
- When was the monument built?
- How do local people feel about their sculpture?
- Why was it placed where it is?
