Monument of National Heroes, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Monument of National Heroes, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 

Monuments des Martyrs, located in the city of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, is also known as the Monument to National Heroes. Certainly, it is one of the single most bizarre edifice, but in the same time it is an alluring building that catches your glance.

Some people would say this is a glass made Eiffel tower, but definitely, except for being marvelous it misses the height of the Eiffel tower. The Monument was a grand project of the President of Burkina Faso since 1987, not glorifying just the revolution from which “their brothers” were killed, but also the revolution that brought him to power.

This is also a centerpiece of the newly planned quarter called Ouaga 2000 where many government and representative buildings are built, and in some way it represents a modern extension of the city of Ouagadougou. Around the monument the area is “according to” the African standard of living, very poor and stands in the middle of a scrubby field.

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