Key:memorial

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Public-images-osm logo.svg memorial
Description
Type of a memorial. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: historic
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Documented values: 20
Requires
Status: de facto

This is used in conjunction with historic=memorial to specify which kind of memorial it is.

Values

Key Value Element Comment Map rendering Image
memorial war_memorial nodearea  War memorial – a building, monument, statue or other edifice to celebrate a war or victory, or (predominating in modern times) to commemorate those who died or were injured in a war.

If the memorial can be clearly defined with another value (such as memorial=statue for a war memorial statue), the following tagging can be used: memorial=statue + war_memorial=yes [1] [2]

Kriegerdenkmal Gönnern (2).jpg
memorial plaque node A  commemorative plaque, i.e. a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, typically attached to a wall, stone, or other vertical surface.)
Plaque.svg
Wolff-tablica.jpg
memorial plate node Synonym for the preferred memorial=plaque.
memorial blue_plaque node A  blue plaque is a sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person or event, serving as a historical marker.
Plaque.svg
Sign at Sherlock Holmes Museum in Baker St 221b.jpg
memorial statue node A  statue representing and commemorating a historical, living or fictitious person.
Statue-14.svg
Statue-Augustus.jpg
memorial bust node  bust – like a statue, but only the upper part of the human figure.
Bust-14.svg
Busto de Vibia Sabina (M. Prado) 01.jpg
memorial stele node A  stele Babylonian stele Louvre Sb9.jpg
memorial stolperstein node  Stolperstein, commemorating victims of Nazi extermination or persecution. Stolperstein Berlin Budapester Str.jpg
memorial stone nodearea A stone with an inscription, picture, or similar.
Stone-14.svg
Kuncicky bludny balvan.jpg
memorial obelisk node  Obelisk. The tag memorial=obelisk should be used only on "small" obelisks. See also man_made=obelisk and its subkeys and for taller ones see historic=monument too. Wolf-katharina-2008.jpg
memorial bench nodearea Bench Charles Hackley statue.jpg
memorial sculpture nodearea A non figurative sculpture which does not match any of the above categories Suffragette Memorial, Christchurch Gardens, London.jpg
memorial ghost_bike nodearea A bicycle painted white in order to remember victims of road accidents, specifically cyclists who lost their lives. Ghostcycle-2005.jpg
memorial cross nodearea A  cross-shaped memorial to commemorate a special event or an incident, typically where one or more people died. HGG-Steinklamm-Marterl.JPG
memorial cenotaph nodearea Empty tomb Cenotaph, Hong Kong 1.jpg
memorial user defined nodearea All commonly used values according to Taginfo

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See also

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References

  1. [1], war memorial statue/stele/stone, Talk:Key:memorial
  2. [2], Loss of detail with memorial=war_memorial alone?, OpenStreetMap Community