The granite and marble Monument to the People's Heroes erected to the north of the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, Tienanmen Square

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The monument has a estimated height of metres and covers an area of 32,000 square feet (3,000 square metres)[citation needed]. 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.

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Size: 5175px × 3441px
Location: Tiananmen Square, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
Photo credit: © George Brice / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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