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On Feb. 3, the actor had a grander and more permanent monument as evidence of his accomplishment: his handprints immortalized in cement at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre.

Affected veterans say the monument signifies "closure" after decades of campaigning first to change the law, and then to push the government to make reparations.

But a great sovereign nation guards certain spaces as monuments to the country’s history and singularity.

With its Bronze Age origins, Ancient Roman traces, Byzantine and Norman monuments and subtropical flair, Bari makes for a fine contrast with the Renaissance grandeur and contemporary design of central and northern Italian towns.

“May this monument … remind us to be forever vigilant about defending our constitutional rights,” it read.