Etymology and Meaning of Monuments

In the West, monuments originate from the Latin word 'monumentum' and are literally translated as commemorative, monumental buildings, and documents. Webster's English Dictionary defines it as the (old-fashioned usage) vaulted tomb, synonymous with Sepulchre; Legal documents or records; Memorial, celebrity, monument or building commemorating people or events; (ancient usage) symbols, signs, evidence; (Old usage) Statue; Boundary or location identification, eulogy, etc. Monuments naturally contain buildings such as commemorative sculptures, steles, tombs, boundaries, and signs, as well as other items such as commemorative texts.
So, the translation of 'document' depends on the context. For example, in France, "Monumenthistorique" is translated into "historical buildings", "cultural Memorial" in other places when it involves a variety of cultural heritage, "cultural relics" when it involves antiques, and "historic sites" when it involves immovable ancient buildings, archaeological sites, and historical sites, depending on the specific context. According to the narrow concept of a monument, it only represents the construction of a "stone monument" to commemorate and remember a specific situation, location, or event; It's like a milestone on the road.
Today, the significance and meaning of monuments have been greatly expanded and expanded. One of the most important issues is that modern society has been "accelerating" changes, and the "accelerating" history is prone to losing memories from the long river of history. Therefore, the significance of monuments has been particularly prominent in recent decades. Scholars often use the Arc de Triomphe in Paris as an example when discussing Western style monuments. The architectural form of the monument represented by Arc de Triomphe belongs to the tradition of monument architecture in western history. The "Arc de Triomphe Monument" covers almost all countries in Europe, and there are many. From a historical perspective, it is a commemorative architectural landscape that has been preserved in European countries since ancient times.