commemorative plaque
Sign in to saveAlso known as plaque, historical marker, historic marker, plaques, memorial plaques, pai, sign, commemorative sign
plate or tablet, fixed to a surface or freestanding, commemorating an event, person, place, etc.
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Within Vinony's link graph, commemorative plaque is referenced by 2,056 other articles, and connects out to historiography, nonprofit organization and War of the Pacific.
It sits within the topics Award items, Cultural heritage and Cultural history.
Its subject is documented across 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- plaque
- Image
- Centerport Mill Marker.jpg
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- Commons category
- Commemorative plaques
- topic's main category
- Category:Commemorative plaques
- OpenStreetMap tag
- memorial=plaque
- different from
- tombstone
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Encyclopedic overview
Plaque in tribute to Claude Bernard at Collège de France in Paris A Benin Bronze plaque An example of a lightbox used as a commemorative plaque This sign in Dickson, Australian Capital Territory commemorates the establishment of Canberra's first aerodrome and its first fatality in the 1920s. A plaque commemorating the victims of a mass execution during the Axis occupation of Greece in Fregkaina, Greece
A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, or in other places referred to as a historical marker, historic marker, or historic plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, bearing text or an image in relief, or both, to commemorate one or more persons, an event, a former use of the place, or some other thing. Most such plaques are attached to a wall, stone, or other vertical surface.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “commemorative plaque” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.