# Monument to the People's Heroes

Beijing, China

A granite obelisk nearly 38 meters tall at the center of Tiananmen Square, designed by Liang Sicheng and completed in 1958. Eight carved relief panels trace China's revolutionary struggles from the Opium Wars to the founding of the People's Republic.

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Coordinates: 39.90305556, 116.39166667

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