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4	->''"Go into the middle of the Jordan, in front of the Ark of the LORD your God. Each of you must pick up one stone and carry it out on your shoulder—twelve stones in all, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel. We will use these stones to build a memorial. In the future your children will ask you, 'What do these stones mean?' Then you can tell them, 'They remind us that the Jordan River stopped flowing when the Ark of the LORD's Covenant went across.' These stones will stand as a memorial among the people of Israel forever."''
5	-->-- '''Joshua''', [[Literature/BookOfJoshua Joshua 4:5-7]], ''Literature/TheBible''
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7	This index is for tropes that relate to anything built or created to memorialize someone or something. These are typically created to honor a person -- usually dead but possibly alive if the {{Setting}} is a PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny -- or to celebrate a great victory.
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9	Related to {{Spectacle}} and VictoryAndDefeat. See also DeathTropes (which often mark the occasion for memorials), FuneralTropes, and BreakingAndDestructionTropes (since they often suffer this fate). For RealLife examples of famous [[{{sculptures}} statues]] and monuments, go to the {{Art}} page.
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11	!!Tropes:
12	* AlternateLandmarkHistory
13	* CelebrityElegy: A song mourning a recently deceased celebrity.
14	* DatelessGrave: A gravestone without the dates of birth and death.
15	* {{Dedication}}: A work is cited or nominated in honor of someone.
16	* DueToTheDead
17	* EiffelTowerEffect: The location's most iconic landmark is featured in establishing shots.
18	* EmbarrassingStatue: A statue or public work of art that is a source of embarrassment for its subject.
19	* EmptyBedroomGrieving: A missing and/or deceased person's bedroom is maintained the way they had left it by loved ones, usually as a shrine.
20	* EmptyChairMemorial: To honor the memory of a dead person, the chair they used to sit in is left empty.
21	* FantasyLandmarkEquivalent
22	* HeadgearHeadstone: Marking a fallen soldier with his helmet / cap / etc.
23	* HighlyVisibleLandmark: Monument that helps with player and viewer orientation.
24	* InMemoriam: A work is dedicated to someone who died before the work was released.
25	* LandmarkOfLore
26	* LandmarkingTheHiddenBase: When landmarks contain hidden headquarters.
27	* LivingStatue: A statue who is alive.
28	* MemorialCharacter: A character who is named after a loved one of the creator who died.
29	* MemorialPhoto: A photo of the deceased when they were alive is used in situations where open-casket funerals are out of the question.
30	* MemorialStatue: A statue to honor a dead person, who have heroically died saving somebody else, dedicated their lives to the greater good, created a successful organization or something else.
31	* MistakenForGranite
32	* MonumentalBattle
33	* MonumentalDamage: A monument gets destroyed to demonstrate how serious the threat of the villains is.
34	* MonumentalDamageResistance: EVERYTHING gets destroyed... except the landmarks.
35	* MonumentOfHumiliationAndDefeat: A conquered people are forced by their conquerors to build a monument dedicated to their defeat just to rub it in.
36	* MonumentalTheft: A villain's plan involves stealing the world's monuments.
37	* MonumentalView
38	* NobodyHereButUsStatues: A character hides by pretending to be a statue or something similar.
39	* OurFounder: A town has a statue of the town's founder.
40	* OurGargoylesRock: Gargoyles are living beings instead of just being {{sculptures}} of winged monsters.
41	* PortalStatuePairs: Entryways into epic buildings or regions are flanked by two impressive statues.
42	* PosthumousCredit: A work that was released after someone who worked on it died still gives credit for the contributions of the deceased cast or crew member.
43	* PygmalionPlot
44	* RushmoreRefacement: A villain's scheme is to add faces to Mt. Rushmore or change the faces that are already on it.
45	* ShrineToTheFallen
46	* SupernaturallyMarkedGrave
47	* TakenForGranite: Getting turned to stone.
48	* TerrifyingTiki
49	* TiltingTowerOfPisa
50	* ToppledStatue
51	* TributeToFido
52	* WarMemorial
53	* WaxMuseumMorgue: A wax museum where the "statues" are really the preserved corpses of people the owner has killed.
54	* WeaponTombstone
55	* WeaponizedLandmark

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