Tag:historic=monument
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A memorial object, which is especially large, built to remember, show respect to a person or group of people or to commemorate an event. 
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A memorial object, which is especially large (one can go inside, walk on or through it) or very tall (see the examples), built to remember, show respect to a person or group of people or to commemorate an event.
Monuments are often built in homage to past or present political/military leaders or religious figures/deities.
Warning: this tag is commonly misused, please look at the warnings section!
How to map
Place a node 
at the centrepoint or draw a way 
around the outline of the building.
Tags to use in combination
- name=* - the name of the monument
- historic:civilization=* - the civilization (culture) that created the monument.
- height=* - height.
- material=* - building material.
- architect=* - architect name.
- start_date=* - inauguration date.
- wikidata=* - the ID of the specific Wikidata item about the monument. (if any).
- commemorates:wikidata=* - the ID of the Wikidata item about the person, group, or event, commemorated.
- heritage=* - if the building is recognized as being of historic value by an authority.
Similar tags
- historic=memorial - Much like a monument, but smaller. Might range from a WWII memorial to a simple plate on a wall.
- man_made=obelisk - Tall, narrow, four-sided, tapering monument which usually ends in a pyramid-like shape at the top.
- tourism=artwork for public art
Warnings
- If the building commemorates nothing then you should use another value of the historic=* (see "Historical objects") or use historic=yes.
- If it commemorates something/somebody and one can't tell it's "monumental" in size then it shouldn't be tagged as a monument but as a historic=memorial.
- Don't trust the names:
- In many countries this tag is very disruptive because the words "historic" and "monument" are associated to designate a national heritage building. It's true for France, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Spain and certainly other countries. This leads to errors : people use this tag to map heritage objects that commemorate nothing.
You can check the inappropriate use of "historic=monument" with the tool "CheckTheMonuments" and correct the errors if you have the knowledge about the objects. - The size matters for the determination of a "monument" in OpenStreetMap
With the height it could be interesting to look at the width and the area occupied.
A "monument" may not be necessarily very high but still monumental if we take into account its other dimensions. - For natural monuments use denotation=natural_monument
Examples
You'll find below some objects that are really "monuments" as described in OpenStreetMap.
The height is specified in meters (without the pedestal for statues).
Photos
To visualize the "monumental" aspect that the monuments must have to be historic=monument.
The classification is made by type. Two different examples for each one. The height is in meters.
- Types of monuments
Orange Arch of triumph (19,2 m) - France
Hall of Liberation - Building (45 m) - Germania
Tchang Kaï-chek Memorial - Building (76 m) - Taïwan
Lion Mound (43 m) - Belgium
Trajan's Column (39,5 m) - Italia
Los Caídos Cross (150 m) - Spain
San Jacinto Monument (172,9 m) - Obelisk - United-States
Axoum Obelisk (24 m) - Éthiopia
Das Geleucht (28 m) - Sculpture - Germany
Stone Flower (24 m) - Sculpture - Croatia
Statue of Unity (182 m) - India
Murugan Statue (42,7 m) - Malaysia
Monument to the Conquerors of Space (107 m) - Structure - Russia
- 2017-05 Canadian National Vimy Memorial 01.jpg
Canadian National Vimy Memorial (27 m) - Structure - France
Interallied Memorial Tower (75 m) - Belgium
Himmelbjerg Tower (25 m) - Danemark
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See also
Definition in other languages.