India is a vast country; it contains multitudes.” India has an extraordinary‚ vast and diverse pool of cultural heritage and ancient monuments in the form of buildings and other archaeological sites and remains. The sheer number of these historic heritages is astounding. And the fact that these monuments are the reminiscence of the living witnesses of the golden historic era of over a thousand years and of the pre-independence battles‚ they carry a special and a well-deserved respect in the eyes
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Taj Mahal‚ Agra Built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in 1631‚ in memory of his wife Mumtaz‚ the Taj Mahal is one of the top 7 wonders of the world. Golden Temple‚ Amritsar The Golder Temple (Harmandir Sahib/Darbar Sahib)‚ is the holiest shrine of Sikhism. Guru Ram Das Ji founded the city of Amritsar in the 16th centurywhen it was constructed. An active place of worship for Sikhs‚ the Harmandir Sahib is also visited by people from other religion. Mysore Palace The Palace of Mysore was
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The Washington Monument is a magnificent structure designed to honor George Washington‚ the commander of American forces in the American Revolution and the first president of the newly created republic. The monument takes the form of an obelisk‚ a narrow‚ tall tapering four-sided structure with a top section that resembles a pyramid in shape. The Washington Monument‚ fashioned in granite‚ marble and sandstone has the distinction of being the world’s highest obelisk and the world’s highest stone
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The Monuments Men‚ directed by George Clooney‚ is a 2014 film based on World War II. This movie reveals another crime the Nazis were committing which was the theft of many famous art masterpieces and hiding them inside different mines all around Germany so no one could find them. To stop the Nazi thieves from taking priceless masterpieces away from anyone else‚ the United States created a unit containing seven men to retrieve the masterpieces and return them to where they belonged; they were known
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believe that art is not worth a life‚ but the Monument Mens believe that it is. Theme of sacrifice is shown when Monuments Men act on their belief that art and the history that comes with it needs the be protected. They believed that it is needed by the human race in the future so they died protecting it. They sacrificed themselves for the future. Robert Edsel‚ the author of the book‚ wrote “But was art worth a life‚ Taper wanted to know. Like all Monuments Men‚ it was a question that haunted him. “I
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identified 718 Confederate monuments and statues scattered across the country‚ but today there are possibly up to 1‚000‚ according to USA Today‚ at least 60 Confederate symbols have been removed today”‚ but that’s not even counting the recent removals we’ve had. Today we live in a world that has multiple perspectives on how things have turned out and why. One of the most debatable topics are the removal of the confederate monuments. People think that having these monuments are a sign of slavery‚ racism
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CHAPTER 4 HISTORICAL RESEARCH HISTORY-is the search for knowledge and the truth‚ a searching to find out. -is any integrated narrative or description of past events or facts written in a spirit of critical inquiry for the whole truth. HISTORICAL RESEARCH/HISTORICAL METHOD OF RESEARCH -is a process of selecting the area or topic to write a history about‚ collecting data about events that occurred on it‚ collating the data‚ sifting the authentic from non-authentic
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Called a monument to love‚ the Taj Mahal has also been called "India’s most famous and finest example of architecture. We could call it a monument to symmetry. From the formal gardens divided into four sections‚ to the tomb 900 feet from the entrance‚ the four minarets continue this symmetrical theme. The minarets next to the Taj Mahal are 41.1 meters or 137 feet high and are cylindrical columns with beveled angles. Located at each of the corners of the raised marble plinth the minarets repeat the right
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Not Marble‚ Nor The Gilded Monument - William Shakespeare ABOUT THE AUTHOR- William Shakespeare (baptized 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright‚ widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England’s national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works‚ including some collaborations‚ consist of about 38plays‚ 154 sonnets‚ two long narrative poems‚ and several other poems. His plays
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In 2014‚ a film called‚ “Monuments Men” was created based on a true story that is illustrated in‚ “The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes‚ Nazi Thieves‚ and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History” by Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter. This film was about seven men on a mission to recover the art that Hitler has stolen from all over Europe and hidden in Germany. This movie starred George Clooney as Frank Stokes‚ Matt Damon as James Granger‚ Bill Murray as James Campbell‚ John Goodman as Walter Garfield‚ Jean
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