Events Tagged: "monument"

Stonehenge construction begins - Neolithic Britons begin building mysterious stone circle on Salisbury Plain

Code of Hammurabi promulgated - 282 laws carved on stele, 'eye for an eye,' first complete legal code

Ara Pacis consecrated - Altar of Peace celebrates Augustus's return from Gaul, masterpiece of Roman art

Death of Eleanor of Castile - Edward I erects twelve Eleanor Crosses marking funeral procession route to Westminster

Paolo Uccello paints Hawkwood monument - fresco in Florence Cathedral, 'Giovanni Acuto' immortalized