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{{main| Monuments and Historic Sites of Zambia}}

===Prehistoric Monuments===

# Ayrshire Farm Rock Engravings, [[Lusaka]]

# Chifubwa Stream Cave 6.4 km from [[Solwezi]] at 12°13' S 26°25' E.

# Victoria Falls Trust Area Archaeological Sites, [[Livingstone, Zambia|Livingstone]] — 5.6km west of town on north side of Sesheke road, Early to Later Stone Age sites which are the key for determining the Stone Age cultural sequence in the Upper Zambezi Valley

# Zawi Hill Rock Paintings, 32km north of [[Chipata]] near Kamukwe Village.

===Monuments From The Colonial Era===

# [[Administrator's House, Kalomo]] — capital of [[North-Western Rhodesia]], up to 1911.

# Castle Hotel, [[Lundazi]], built 1956.

# "The Good News" Monument, [[Mbala, Zambia|Mbala]] District: commemorating the launching of the [[London Missionary Society]]'s steamship, ''The Good News'', in 1884. On the Lovu or Lufubu River 6.4 km upstream from [[Lake Tanganyika]] at 8°35' S 30°45' E.

# [[Chambeshi Monument]] — located near the north end of [[Chambeshi Bridge]] at the spot where [[German East Africa]]n forces agreed a cease-fire on 14 November 1918 marking the end of [[World War I]].

===Independence Monuments===

===Other Historic Monuments===

# Big Tree, [[Kabwe]]: a fig tree with a 50 m wide canopy on the east side of Broadway, which served as a meeting place on many occasions during the early years of the township's history. Visible on Google Earth at 14°26'37.8'' S 28°26'32.9''E. [[Image:Big Tree Natl Mont Kabwe.JPG|thumb|The Big Tree National Monument cape fig tree is a prominent feature in downtown Kabwe, Zambia. It is a cool place for friendly conversations; and to wait for a taxi or driving instructor.]]

# Chichele Mofu Tree − a large Mofu mahogany tree in Chichele National Forest 13 km west of [[Ndola]].

# Old National Assembly, [[Lusaka]]: also known as the Old Secretariat and Legco, in Independence Avenue, Lusaka. Built 1932 and site of historic legislative events important to Zambia's history during colonial and post-independence times.

# Slave Tree, [[Ndola]] − a large fig tree at Moffat Avenue and Livingstone Road, where slaves were bought and sold by Swahili slave traders.

===Industrial Monuments===

===Natural Monuments===

# [[Lunsemfwa River|Lunsemfwa Wonder Gorge and Bell Point]]: [[Mkushi]] District at the confluence of the Lunsemfwa and Mkushi Rivers at 14°39' S 29°07' E. [[Image:Lunsemfwa Wonder Gorge.JPG|thumb|About 75 km east-southeast of Kabwe, Zambia, the Lunsemfwa River cuts a 500m deep gash, known as The Wonder Gorge, through the lip of the Muchinga Escarpment (viewed from Bell’s Point). The antenna atop the Taipei 101 skyscraper, the world’s tallest building, would just protrude above the rim of this gorge.]]

# [[Chipoma Falls]] on the Chimanabuwi River, 24 km SSW of [[Chinsali]] at 10°46' S 32°01' E.

# [[Ntumbachushi Falls]] on the Ngona River, [[Kawambwa]] District, at 9°52'S, 28°58'E

# [[Zambezi River|Zambezi Source]], [[Mwinilunga]] District: source of the Zambezi river and a botanical reserve, part of Zambezi Source National Forest.

==See also==