MONUMENTS

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The William Wallace Monument

The William Wallace monument(Wallace Monument or National Monument) is a tower atop AbbeyCraig ,a hilltop near Stirling in Scotland.It commemorates William Wallace ,a Scottish hero of the thirtennth century .The tower was built thanks to a fundraising campaign and thanks to the resurgence of Scottish partriotism in the nineteenth century. In addition to pubic subscription, it was partly funded by a number of foreign donosr includin the Italian patriot Guiseppe Garibaldi. Completed in 1869, the building due to John Thomas Rocheadde was built in sandstone in aVictorian style .