A monument, as I understand it, is something to make you remember somebody or a specific event in history. The Weekly Photo Challenge Challenges us to publish about A Monument.
One of the weirdest “monuments” I have ever seen, is the grave of the Scottish Reformer John Knox at St Giles Cathedral in Scotland.
Inside the church you find the graves of the nobility, like the Marques de Montrose… Monuments to remember them by.
But the great Scottish Church man? I enquired at the church. Then I had to wait quite a bit to see his monument. Because…
He is remembered by a yellow square of paint at parking lot number 23. That is his grave, underneath…
And maybe it is fitting to remember great men like this! Wish our political leaders of South Africa could learn this little lesson in life!
The Rider 
Nice take on the Monument theme! That is pretty bizarre. In other places, the church makes a great deal about memorializing their past leaders.
In other news, I just wish our political leaders in the US would learn something, anything! They’re such idiots and have taken our nation down a path of no return to hell.
Meanwhile, you’re welcome to come and see what my take on the theme is:
http://fstopfantasy.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/weekly-photo-challenge-monument-2/
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Why not ….. still he has monument, when I’m gone they can do whatever they with my burial – but I’m not famous.
I think a gold plaque is a great way to be remembered by. Great entry.
That is so strange!
It looks as if the Scots and English make a habit of putting up parking lots over famous graves… in 200 years they will land spacecraft on Diana’s Island…
Never mind, Vosper: my favourite historical character EVER was recently discovered buried in a car-park. Of course, like Knox, it wasn’t one, then …
Who would that be?
King Richard III of England.
The Lionheart?
That was Richard 1.
I now read the fascinating story of his burial place on Wikipedia. And the fight where he must be reburied… I also read abour Richard 1 (Lionheart) and don’t understand why Robin Hood liked him so much…. Basically I am anti-royalty, me being a good rebel bowing his knees to no man… but my wife loves the history of the English throne…
I think you’re right to be like that, inasmuch as royalty just accepts its place in the world without stopping to wonder what it is that gives it such eminence … I’m glad you read about The King in the Carpark: it means an incalculable amount to those of us who are devoted to the memory of this much-maligned man.
Great find and twist on the theme. I wonder if they’ll do the same for Richard II?
I have only today learned that King Richard III passed away sadly as the last English king to die in battle, and was lost for a few centuries. They dug up his remains and are fighting whether he should be buried in Westminster alongside 17 other kings, or in the Cathedral in Leicester, among other places. I heard from reliable soyrces that he just dont worry about that anymore, he says wherever makes them happy is good enough for him… 🙂
Sources…