His tomb at Saint-Denis was a magnificent gilt brass monument designed in the late 14th century.

Maeshowe is a magnificent example of Neolithic craftsmanship and is, in the words of the distinguished archaeologist Stuart Piggott, " a superlative monument that by its originality of execution is lifted out of its class into a unique position.

On August 25, 1996, about a year after his death, Mantle's Monument Park plaque was replaced with a monument, bearing the words " A great teammate " and keeping a phrase that had been included on the original plaque: " A magnificent Yankee who left a legacy of unequaled courage.

Rather than be buried with her husband Ralph ( who was not buried with his first wife, though his monument has effigies of himself and his two wives ) she was entombed next to her mother in the magnificent sanctuary of Lincoln Cathedral.

The temples of the Angkor area number over one thousand, ranging in scale from nondescript piles of brick rubble scattered through rice fields to the magnificent Angkor Wat, said to be the world's largest single religious monument.

The Opera Garnier is a magnificent monument to the construction of the Second Empire.

The magnificent ruin of Europe's largest castle, Hammershus, is the island's most famous monument.

His burial spot was originally marked by a magnificent marble monument, topped by an " Angel of Music " statue, which disappeared some time during the mid-20th century.

Öljeitü succeeded in conquering Gilan on the Caspian coast and his magnificent tomb in Soltaniyeh remains the best known monument of Ilkhanid rule in Persia.

Even when the patrons were prominent, the churches in which the monuments were installed often lay deep in the English countryside: the monument of the Duke of Montagu ( 1752 ), soon followed by his duchess ( 1753 ), are in the church at Warkton, Northamptonshire ; Horace Walpole, an inveterate country house visitor, noted them: " well-performed and magnificent, but wanting in simplicity " was his verdict.

The Mudbdri temple is a magnificent monument of their architectural skill.

* The Valley of Desolation, a geological wonder of weathered dolerite pillars which is a declared national monument with magnificent views over the Karoo plains.

When illuminated at night, the monument looks truly magnificent.

At the early age of 43, Bartolus died in Perugia, where a magnificent monument recorded the interment of his remains in the church of San Francisco, by the simple inscription of " Ossa Bartoli ".

In the 1390s Timur ( Tamerlane ) erected a magnificent domed Mazar or tomb over his grave, which remains the most significant architectural monument in the Republic of Kazakhstan, was pictured on the back of the banknotes of the national currency until 2006.

Among the supporters of the project, author Ernst Moritz Arndt called for the construction of a " a large and magnificent ( monument ), like a colossus, a pyramid, or the cathedral of Cologne ".

The island is famous for its strong Irish culture, loyalty to the Irish language, and a wealth of Pre-Christian and Christian ancient sites including Dún Aengus, described as " the most magnificent barbaric monument in Europe " by George Petrie.

The magnificent 9th century Hindu temple of Prambanan, Yogyakarta, was a major Hindu monument in the kingdom of Medang.

In 1374, six years after her death, John of Gaunt commissioned a double tomb for himself and Blanche from the mason Henry Yevele: the magnificent monument in the choir of St Paul's was completed by Yevele in 1380, with the assistance of Thomas Wrek, having cost a total of £ 592.

These qualities were alleged against him as defects, and to prove that his style was not the result of want of power, he painted the magnificent figure of the St. Mark Evangelist ( ranked as his masterpiece ), and the undraped figure of Saint Sebastian.

Benedict's successor, Clement XII ( elected 1730 ), named him legate of Ravenna, where he erected the Porta Alberoni ( 1739 ), a magnificent gateway that formerly provided access to the city's dockyards, and has since been moved to the entrance of the Teatro Rasi.

While dining in the magical abode of the Fisher King, Perceval witnesses a wondrous procession in which youths carry magnificent objects from one chamber to another, passing before him at each course of the meal.

Rømer was employed by the French government: Louis XIV made him tutor for the Dauphin, and he also took part in the construction of the magnificent fountains at Versailles.

In 1428 the Xuande Emperor ordered him to complete the construction of the magnificent Buddhist nine-storied Da Baoen Temple in Nanjing, and in 1430 appointed him to lead the seventh and final expedition to the " Western Ocean ".

* Rome greets Aurelian as Restitutor Orbis (" Restorer of the World ") and accords him a magnificent triumph ( victory procession ), which is graced by his captives Tetricus I and his son Tetricus II.

The poet Francesco Petrarca spent some time there, when Gian Galeazzo Visconti called him to take charge of the magnificent library which owned about a thousand books and manuscripts, subsequently lost.

Afterwards he sent Darius ’ s body back to Persepolis, gave him a magnificent funeral and ordered that he be buried, like all his royal predecessors, in the royal tombs.

I'd forgotten how magnificent it is [...] So enthusiastic am I that I've got a new life of him: which makes me dislike him as a human being ".

On the announcement of his departure, Andrew Neil, The Spectator CEO, said: " Boris has been a wonderful and magnificent editor of The Spectator and we are sorry to lose him ; in many ways he will be irreplaceable … leaves the magazine in better shape than it has ever been in its long and glorious history, both editorially and financially … The editorial breadth and quality under his editorship has been unrivalled.

In March 2005, Hochhuth became embroiled in controversy when, during an interview with the German weekly Junge Freiheit, he defended David Irving, describing him as a " pioneer of modern history who has written magnificent books " and an " historian to equal someone like Joachim Fest ".

While Hook is an evil and bloodthirsty man, Barrie makes it clear that these qualities make him a magnificent pirate and " not wholly unheroic ".

After Achilles ' death, the Achaeans piled him a mound and held magnificent games in his honor.

On his return, bringing with him privileges for his monastery and a magnificent altar, he received a popular ovation.

He rode magnificent horses, sitting in his $ 1, 500 silver trimmed saddle erect and stately, with his sword strapped to the saddle beneath his left leg … People knew him far and wide, and even the Indians sometimes named their children after him, as he was one Spanish Don that they admired.

: who married Guy de Lusignan, Count of Poitou, under condition that he should never attempt to intrude upon her privacy .... She bore the count many children, and erected for him a magnificent castle by her magical art.

Both Beckett and Schneider pronounced themselves more than pleased with Keaton's performance ; the latter called him " magnificent.

He wrote in his autobiography that the dream of flying came to him while contemplating the magnificent skies of Brazil in the long, sunny afternoons at the plantation.

Rachmaninoff explained to von Riesemann, " It was not so much his magnificent technique that held one spellbound as the profound, spiritually refined musicianship, which spoke from every note and every bar he played and singled him out as the most original and unequalled pianist in the world.

The magnificent scenery in this, the finest region of the Carpathians, and the possibility of enjoying it without the interruptions of city life, compensated him for his great privations.

The King uses toilet articles regularly, but he rarely takes a bath in his magnificent bath cabin, his aides finding it difficult to persuade him to do so.

" Vague imaginings of its castle, its three mints, its magnificent apsidal abbey, the chief glory of south Wessex, its twelve churches, its shrines, chantries, hospitals, its gabled freestone mansions — all now ruthlessly swept away — throw the visitor, even against his will, into a pensive melancholy, which the stimulating atmosphere and limitless landscape around him can scarcely dispel.