From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Tourism, Governmentnational monumentˌnational ˈmonument noun [countable]DLTPGa building, specialfeature of the land etc that is kept and protected by a government for people to visitExamples from the Corpusnational monument• It has lofty and spaciousreception rooms and a ballroom and has been declared a national monument.• The de Courmont house is a national monument.• The fort, the ninth on this site, is now a national monument.• The fossils were found in DinosaurNational Monument in Utah.• Not her national monument I told her, and she shouldn't come poking her nose in where it wasn't wanted.• The national monument is called the Great Stupa, which sums up the mood.