Secular Shrines
In the United States and some other countries, landmarks may be called "historic shrines." Notable shrines of this type include:
- The Alamo
- Fort McHenry
- Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island
- Shrine of Remembrance, a war memorial in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Shrine of Remembrance, a war memorial in Brisbane, Australia.
Halls of fame also serve as shrines into which single or multiple individuals are inducted on the basis of their influence upon regions, cultures or disciplines. Busts or full-body statues are often erected and placed alongside each other in commemoration.
By extension the term shrine has come to mean any place (or virtual cyber-place) dedicated completely to a particular person or subject such as the Shrine of the Sun in Colorado Springs, Colorado."Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun". Artsopolis Network. http://www.cmzoo.org/aboutZoo/history/willRogersShrine.asp. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
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