Collocations for monument - noun

ancient, historic | national, public | great | famous | fitting
The new boat is a fitting monument to the crew members who lost their lives.

lasting
The museum was built as a lasting monument to the civil war.

stand as
The tower stands as a monument to the invasion of the island.

commission
A monument has been commissioned in his memory.

build, erect, put up, set up | unveil | conserve, preserve, protect
the best preserved Roman monument in Britain

destroy, pull down
Monuments to the former leader were all pulled down.

be, stand
The monument will stand just inside the cathedral.

survive
Some of the town''s Roman monuments still survive.

as a ~ | ~ of
monuments of the army''s past campaigns

~ to
The statue was built as a monument to victims of the war.