Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photography contest for cultural heritage monuments, organized by Wikimedia apps and groups of users.
2010 was first organized in the Netherlands, followed by the Europe-wide 2011 event.
Wiki Love Monuments 2012 was organized globally and many countries around the world took part, such as Canada, Chile, India, Panama, Ghana, the Philippines, the Russia, South Africa and the United States. Since 2016 Wiki Loves Monuments is also organized in Greece.
The aim of the competition is to ask the general public, Wikipedia readers and users, photographers, hobbyists, etc., to take photos from heritage sites and upload them to Wikimedia Commons for use in Wikipedia. Examples of desirable photos can be found in its winners 2016 and 2017, the winners of the international competition (2017), but also the winners of all international competitions of 2017.
Read more about how to participate in the photo contest at rules, learn about them Awards, dissolve them questions you see the contest sites and their code in the list monuments and sites . If you upload your photos through the relevant selection of directories, enough data will be filled in automatically.