monument

英 ['mɒnjʊm(ə)nt] 美['mɑnjumənt]

• n. 纪念碑；历史遗迹；不朽的作品
• vt. 为…树碑

1. a structure erected to commemorate persons or events

2. an important site that is marked and preserved as public property

3. a burial vault (usually for some famous person)