Wiki Loves Monuments

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  • Take a journey around the world with the Wiki Loves Monuments winners 2021

    From the lush green hills of the historical site San Andrés, El Salvador, to the overwhelming waterfalls in Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda, to the capturing temple of David in Jerusalem, Israel. Where local restrictions would allow, people have gone out again to capture their wonderful surroundings and share them with the world through the […]

    on Apr 19, 2022
  • We, the Jurors of Wiki Loves Monuments 2021, have recently completed the jury process. The international team is in the process of finalizing the communications, and we as the 2021 jury feel it pertinent to point out a few elements, for clarity and transparency. Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photographic competition, born and developed […]

    on Apr 12, 2022
  • The final stage of WLM 2021 has begun

    The Wiki Loves Monuments team is very excited to be able to share with you the first results of the national juries of Wiki Loves Monuments 2021. This year was the tenth year for Wiki Loves Monuments as an international competition, and we had people from 37 countries participating in our photo competition for built […]

    on Dec 20, 2021
  • Wiki Loves Monuments in 2021

    It is time for Wiki Loves Monuments again, starting on 1 September! Wiki Loves Monuments is an annual photo competition celebrating built cultural heritage. It is organized by volunteers around the world, and up to the top ten photographs from each country are selected for an international finale. These may be regular sights for some […]

    on Aug 31, 2021
  • Travel the world through the lenses of Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 winners

    Out of more than 230,000 submissions from nearly 7,700 participants, fifteen winning images were announced today in the eleventh annual Wiki Loves Monuments photography contest. Picture above: Thirteenth place winner of the 2020 Wiki Loves Monuments competition. Photo by Teodoro Corbo, CC BY-SA 4.0. Few people were able to travel in 2020, but Wiki Loves Monuments has some […]

    on Mar 19, 2021
  • Wiki Loves Monuments in 2020

    Also in complicated times like 2020, we will organize Wiki Loves Monuments – albeit in a slightly modified form. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the amount of in-person activities has been decreased to a minimum, and most countries will not organize any in-person activities (photo walks, lectures, workshops etc) at all. However, as far as […]

    on Aug 30, 2020
  • Winning pictures of Wiki Loves Monuments 2019

    These are the winning pictures of the international finale of Wiki Loves Monuments! After another exciting edition, the jury completed its deliberations in December 2019, and we officially announced the winners before. The winning pictures were selected from over 400 nominees from 48 participating national competitions. For a complete overview of all nominees, winners and […]

    on Jun 27, 2020
  • Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 Is Now Open!

    Wikimedia volunteers around the world started the 10th edition of Wiki Loves Monuments on September 1st, 2019. This is the 10th edition of WLM, a remarkable achievement for a competition that has garnered the status of “the world’s largest open photography contest” in Guinness World Records. We are excited and look forward to running another […]

    on Sep 03, 2019
  • Winners of the Special Awards for European Year of Cultural Heritage

    The European Year of Cultural Heritage in 2018 has come to an end and has shown us many different ways of how culture and different aspects of European culture are central to all our lives and how cultural heritage belongs to all of us. Operating with the slogan “Sharing Heritage”, Wikimedia Deutschland has participated in […]

    on Feb 12, 2019
  • Presenting the 2018 winners from the world’s largest photo contest

    The top fifteen images from Wiki Loves Monuments contain a treasure trove of the cultural heritage we all share. Alireza Akhlaghi had plenty of time inside the famed Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque to capture the photo that leads this blog post. Why? He walked in at exactly noon, just as the building was about to close […]

    on Dec 20, 2018
  • Winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 in Ukraine

    WLM Ukraine team is proud to have held the contest for the seventh time. 21 thousand pictures were received and are ready to be used in Wikipedia, the most famous encyclopedia in the world. Contest participants took pictures of almost 10 thousand cultural monuments, of which more than 1400 objects previously had no pictures. More […]

    on Dec 19, 2018
  • Winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 in Iran

    Between September 5 (۱۵ شهریور)  and October 7 (۱۵ مهر) of 2018,  close to  1300 people participated in Wiki Loves Monuments in Iran. The local contest, now in its fourth year, has been a force to help enrich Wikipedia with photos of more than 26,000 nationally registered monuments of Iran. Today, we share with you […]

    on Nov 06, 2018