The granite and marble Monument to the People's Heroes inscribed with a gilt epigraph by Mao Zedong, Tiananmen Square, Beijing
The monument has a estimated height of metres and covers an area of 32,000 square feet (3,000 square metres) It weighs over 10,000 metric tons and contains about 17,000 pieces of marble and granite from Qingdao, Shandong Province, and the nearby Fangshan District.
Size: 2848px × 4287px
Location: Tiananmen Square, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
Photo credit: © George Brice / Alamy / Afripics
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