Sentence:  From there I turned left along Cumhuriyet Cadesi past more hotels and a park on the left , Republic Gardens , and came in a few moments to Taksim Square , one of the hubs of the city , with the Monument of the Republic , <WSD>erected</WSD> in 1928 , in its center . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  construct, build, or erect