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==Monuments== The following are monuments to peace: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Name ! Location ! Organization ! Meaning ! Image |- |[[Twelve Metal Colossi]] |[[Epang Palace]], [[Xi'an]] |[[Emperor of China]] |Following the [[Qin's wars of unification|Qin universal conquest]] and symbolizing the [[Pax Sinica|universal pacification]], the [[Qin Shi Huang|First Emperor]] collected all metal weapons of former [[Warring States]] as no longer necessary and melted them into twelve statues and bells.<ref name="JE">{{cite book |last1=Elsner |first1=Jaś |title=Figurines: Figuration and the Sense of Scale |date=22 October 2020 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-886109-6 |pages=91–92 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q_7-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA91 |language=en}}</ref> |No illustrations have survived |- |[[Ara Pacis]] |[[Rome]], [[Italy]] |[[Roman Senate]] |The monument of peace was preferred over the traditional triumphal arch as [[Augustus]] emphasized the achievement of [[Pax Romana|universal peace]] over Roman military victory. |<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Ara-pacis-augustae-cti1941.jpg | format=JPG | title=Ara Pacis Augustae}}</ref> |- |[[Mennonite Heritage Village|Dirk Willems Peace Garden]] |[[Steinbach, Manitoba]] |[[Mennonite Heritage Village]] |A peace garden telling the story of [[Dirk Willems]]; a place for reflection and contemplation on what it means to live a life of radical peacemaking. |- |[[Japanese Garden of Peace]] |[[Fredericksburg, Texas]] |[[National Museum of the Pacific War]] |A gift from the people of Japan to the people of the United States, presented to honor [[Chester W. Nimitz]] and created as a respite from the intensity of violence, destruction, and loss. |[[File:Japanese Garden Of Peace.jpg|100px]] |- | [[Japanese Peace Bell]] | [[New York City]], NY | [[United Nations]] | World peace | [[File:Japanese Peace Bell of United Nations.JPG|100px]] |- | ''[[Fountain of Time]]'' | [[Chicago]], IL | [[Chicago Park District]] | 100 years of peace between the US and UK | [[File:Fountain of Time front1.jpg|100px]] |- | [[Fredensborg Palace]] | [[Fredensborg]], [[Denmark]] | [[Frederick IV of Denmark|Frederick IV]] | The peace between [[Denmark–Norway]] and [[Sweden]], after [[Great Northern War]] which was signed 3 July 1720 on the site of the unfinished palace. | [[File:Fredensborg Slot 124.JPG|100px]] |- |[[International Peace Garden]] |[[North Dakota]], [[Manitoba]] |non-profit organization |Peace between the US and Canada, World peace | [[File:2009-0521-CDNtrip003-PeaceGarden.jpg|100px]] |- |[[Peace Arch]] |border between US and Canada, near [[Surrey, British Columbia]]. |non-profit organization |Built to honour the first 100 years of peace between [[Great Britain]] and the [[United States]] resulting from the signing of the [[Treaty of Ghent]] in 1814. | [[File:Peace Arch.JPG|100px]] |- |[[Shanti Stupa, Pokhara|Shanti Stupa]] |[[Pokhara]], [[Nepal]] |[[Nipponzan-Myōhōji-Daisanga]] |One of eighty [[Peace Pagoda]]s in the World. |- |''[[Statue of Europe]]'' |[[Brussels]] |[[European Commission]] |Unity in Peace in Europe |[[File:Statue of Europe-(Unity-in-Peace).jpg|100px]] |- |[[Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park]] |[[Alberta]], [[Montana]] |non-profit organization |World Peace |[[File:GlacierNP L7 20010701.jpg|100px]] |- |}
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