Pilgrim Monument ( English Pilgrim Monument ) - a tower in the city of Provincetown ( Massachusetts , USA ), which is located at the northernmost tip of Cape Cod Cape . The tower was built in 1907-1910 in memory of the first landing of pilgrims in North America in 1620. The tower is 77 meters high, and it is the tallest granite structure in the United States [1] .
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 Pilgrim Monument and Bas-Relief Dedicated to the Mayflower Agreement | |
| A country |  USA |
| City | Provincetown (Massachusetts) |
| Architect | Willard Thomas Sears ( Willard Thomas Sears ) |
| Building | 1907 - 1910 |
| Height | 77 m |
The stairs installed inside the tower, you can understand to the very top. From there, a beautiful view of Provincetown and its harbor ( Provincetown Harbor ). At the foot of the Pilgrim Monument is the Provincetown Museum [1] .
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History
On November 21, 1620, after a 67-day journey at the Cape Cod Cove, the Mayflower ship moored, carrying pilgrim fathers sailing from England to establish the Plymouth colony. On the day they arrived at Cape Cod, they adopted the Mayflower Compact , which was one of the first symbols of the colonists' independent way of life. The pilgrims spent five weeks at Cape Cod Cape, and then went to the location of the Plymouth colony - to where the city of Plymouth is now located.
At the beginning of the 20th century, a competition was held for the best design of the monument in memory of the first landing of the pilgrims in North America, which won the project of the architect Willard Thomas Sears ( Willard Thomas Sears ). The project was based on the design of the Torre del Mangia tower ( Torre del Mangia , 102 m high, built between 1338 and 1348 ) in the Italian city of Siena . In 1907, the cornerstone of the monument was laid by US President Theodore Roosevelt .
See also
- Provincestown
- Cape Cod
- Pilgrim Fathers
- Mayflower Agreement
- Monument to the Founding Fathers (Plymouth)
Gallery
Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown
View of the Pilgrim Monument through the branches of a tree
Pilgrim Monument (left) and Provincetown Town Hall (right)
View of the Pilgrim Monument
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum (HTML). www.pilgrim-monument.org. Date of treatment December 11, 2011. Archived on September 5, 2012.
Links
- Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum - www.pilgrim-monument.org