page_title: Iconography of St. Louis
section_title: Mound City
hierarchical_section_title: Iconography of St. Louis / Mound City
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Der sogenannte Mönchshügel, größte präkolumbianische Erdpyramide in Nordamerika, erbaut von der Misssissippi-Kultur. Er steht in der Ruinenstadt Cahokia, nahe Collinsville, Illinois. Die Betontreppe ist modernen Ursprungs, folgt aber im Wesentlichen dem historischen Verlauf einer ursprünglich hölzernen Treppe. English: Monk's Mound a Pre-Columbian Mississippian culture earthwork, located at the Cahokia site near Collinsville, Illinois. The concrete staircase is modern, but it is built along the approximate course of the original wooden stairs.
context_page_description: The Iconography of St. Louis, Missouri is strongly informed by the city's French and German heritages, physical features, and place in American history.
context_section_description: Long before Europeans settled in St. Louis, the Cahokia lived throughout the area and constructed many mounds. Though history and population growth would eventually see most of these mounds flattened and removed, the city still bears the nickname Mound City.
  Mounds have largely fallen out of the popular imagination, but some projects still reference their existence. Dan Martin's weekly cartoon in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which is about St. Louis culture and topics, is titled "Postcard From Mound City".
  The 2007 Master Plan for the Gateway Mall calls for a mound to be constructed at the mall's terminus to afford a better view.
caption: Monks Mound is one of the few remaining mounds in the St. Louis region.
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