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Winning pictures of Wiki Loves Monuments 2019

on Jun 27, 2020

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 runners-up, please check out the Winners page on Wikimedia Commons!

A warm thank-you from the international coordination team to the international jury, the national juries and national organizers, all the photographers that submitted amazing photos that can now be used on Wikipedia, and everyone that helped make this competition possible.

  • First place: Abandoned Evangelical Church in Stawiszyn, Poland by Marian Naworski
  • Second place: Ayyoub’s (Job’s) Cave, Iran by Morteza Salehi
  • Third place: Chicago Baháʼí Temple in Wilmette, USA by Michael Stone
  • 4th place: Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Thailand by Nawit Phongkhetkham
  • 5th place: Christ the Redeemer Status, Brazil by Donatas Dabravolskas
  • 6th place: Szombierki Power Plant, Poland by Marian Naworski
  • 7th place: Auschwitz Fence, Poland by Jacek Daczyński
  • 8th place: 201 Dome Mosque, Bangladesh by Md Shahanshah Bappy
  • 9th place: Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn), Thailand by Kriengsak Jirasirirojanakorn
  • 10th place: Castelmezzano, Italy by Paolo Santarsiero
  • 11th place: Mission San Xavier del Bac, USA by Kyle Yang
  • 12th place: Staircase in Schloss Drachenburg, Germany by Gunther Zagatta
  • 13th place: Warriors Sculpture, Brasilia Brazil by Francisco Willian Saldanha
  • 14th place: Tomb of Hafez, Iran by Mohammad Sadegh Hayati
  • 15th place: Palace of Catalan Music, Spain by Hieu Duc Tram

Author

  • Lodewijk

    Lodewijk "Effeietsanders" Gelauff has been an active member of the Wikimedia community since 2005; over the years, he helped out as a steward and an administrator of several wikis as well as a board member of Wikimedia Nederland, member of the Chapters Committee and organiser of various internal Wikimedia activities. In 2010, he led Wiki Loves Monuments in the Netherlands together with Maarten, and was mainly responsible for the community-related part of the contest as well as for documentation, and internal and external communication. In 2011-2013, he was a member of the international organizing team. After that, he has remained involved as jury coordinator and advisor.

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