Sleeping Lion
A reclining bronze lion with a lowered head turned slightly to the left.
Gattamelata
A calm bronze rider and horse, among the earliest monumental Renaissance equestrian statues.
Tomb of Ferdinand van den Eynde
A celebrated funerary monument noted for its exceptional putti.
Buckey O'Neill Monument
An equestrian bronze honoring Buckey O'Neill and his fellow Spanish–American War servicemen.
Aristodikos Kouros
An archaic marble figure showing a shift toward more natural proportions.
Maisonneuve Monument
A monumental tribute to Montreal’s founder in the heart of Place d’Armes.
Holocaust Memorial
A long pink granite memorial with rail tracks, bridges, and a sea-facing opening.
Grunwald Monument
An equestrian monument celebrating a famous Polish-Lithuanian victory.
Fallen Astronaut
A stylized astronaut figure placed on the Moon as a memorial.
Postcards
Two giant postcards honor Staten Island victims of the September 11 attacks.
Obelisk at Slottsbacken
A neo-Egyptian monument commemorating Stockholm’s citizenry during the Russo-Swedish War.
La Joute
A bronze public monument with a central fountain, abstract animals, and human figures.
Unknown Soldier Monument
An eternal flame, lion sculpture, and historic turf honor Bulgaria’s fallen soldiers.
Vargas Swamp Lancers
A towering monument honoring the famous charge of 14 lancers in 1819.
Aleksis Kivi Memorial
A contemplative figure seated in a chair, surrounded by literary reliefs.
Victor Emmanuel II Monument
A bronze equestrian statue on a marble pedestal with lions and reliefs.
Angel of Peace
A memorial for victims of Nazism and World War II, later moved nearby.
Birth of a New Man
A colossal Columbus figure partially enclosed by an egg-like shell.
Arca di San Domenico
A major work of art shaped by centuries of artistic intervention.
Duke of Cambridge equestrian statue
A detailed bronze memorial showing the duke in full field marshal uniform on horseback.
Monument of Common Martyrdom
An austere memorial rising above a shared grave of wartime victims.
Golden Rider
Depicts Augustus the Strong as a Roman emperor on a rearing horse.
Piccolomini Altarpiece
An ornate marble altarpiece enriched with sculptures by Michelangelo and earlier artists.
Ain El Fouara Fountain
A famous Sétif monument with a statue added after the original fountain deteriorated.
Suvorov Monument
A mounted monument in Tiraspol, admired for its artistic quality.
Zero Kilometre Stone
A stylized zero marking Hungary’s symbolic starting point for road distances.
The Kiss of Death
A striking Art Deco marble statue created for a grieving family in Barcelona.
Keyboard Monument
A land-art tribute to a computer keyboard, later restored after stolen keys.
Alan Turing Memorial
A seated figure on a bench holding an apple in Sackville Gardens.
Major General George B. McClellan
A bronze horse-and-rider memorial on a granite base in a small public park.
General José Gervasio Artigas
A bronze tribute to a Uruguayan independence leader, later installed in Washington, DC.
Prince Józef Poniatowski Monument
An equestrian bronze hero in classical dress, inspired by Marcus Aurelius.
Treblinka
A Holocaust memorial honoring Jews murdered at Treblinka in occupied Poland.
Monument to Narcís Monturiol
A concrete wall relief showing a scale model of the Ictineo submarine.
Monumental Rosary of Montserrat
Religious sculptural groups line the mountain path to the Holy Cave.
Tomb of Lew Sapieha
An important early Baroque monument combining three separate tombs.
This is the Place Monument
A monument honoring the Mormon pioneers and the settlers of the American West.
Absalon Monument
A mounted bishop shown as a military commander with an axe in hand.
Monument aux Girondins
A monumental column crowned by Liberty breaking her chains.
Titanic Engine Room Heroes Memorial
A tall granite tribute to the Titanic’s engine room crew and wartime dead.
Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument
A copy of an early 20th-century monument to a Polish-American freedom fighter.
Shoes on the Danube Bank
Abandoned shoes mark the riverbank where victims were executed and swept away.
Antoninus Pius Column
Marble base with an apotheosis scene, once part of a Roman imperial monument.
Divino Salvador del Mundo
Christ stands atop a globe on a tall concrete pedestal.
Reksio Monument
A bronze dog figure stands by a fountain shaped like a split egg.
Russell Alger Memorial Fountain
A bronze Beaux-Arts fountain topped by a symbolic female figure of Michigan.
Irish Hunger Memorial
A hillside memorial with Irish plants, stone walls, and engraved eyewitness quotations.
Alamo Cenotaph
A memorial monument commemorating the Alamo defenders and the 1836 siege.
Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi
An imposing equestrian statue honoring the Hero of Two Worlds.
Stone Flower
A concrete memorial flower rising over the former Jasenovac camp.
Statues, Busts and Sculptures
Park sculptures and installations
Ancient World & Antiquity
Middle Ages & Renaissance
Marble & Other Stones
Bronze & Other Metals