monument

a large structure or building that is built to remember an important person, event, or idea from the past

monumento, estatua, monumento histórico

• a monument to somebody/something

Collocations war memorial · statue of liberty

• The city has a beautiful monument to the war dead.

  La ciudad tiene un hermoso monumento en memoria de los caídos en la guerra.

a place that is important because of something that happened there in the past or because it has historical significance

lugar histórico, sitio de interés, lugar importante

• be a monument to somebody/something

Collocations battlefield · historic site

• The battlefield is now a national monument.

  El campo de batalla es ahora un monumento nacional.