Rosetta Gardens
Rosetta Gardens is a park full of large stone monuments written in several languages. The idea behind the park was to create a monument that would ensure the preservation of several languages. Over the years it has only grown, with new monuments being added with new languages. So far the languages represented so far are English, German, French, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, Russian, Dutch, Friesian, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Latin, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Indonesian, Turkish, Iranian Persian, Swahili, Punjabi, Polish, Apache, Navaho, Cherokee, Inuktitut, Cree, Hebrew, Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Greek, Old Norse, and Yiddish.
The contents of the monuments are divided into 3, with the first being a declaration of rights:
"We decree that all people have a right to shelter, food, and warmth, a right to happiness, love, and hope. That no state has the right to infringe on freedom of speech and thought. That the wall between church and state will remain firm, and that all people are equal."
Which is a declaration the modern Woodangian government does not always meet. The second part is a short poem about compassion, and the 3rd part is a message about the monument:
"The Purpose of these stones is to ensure that the tongues of man are never lost, that the wisdom of the ancients many never be forgotten."Purpose / Function
The purpose of Rosetta Gardens is language preservation.
Architecture
Rosetta Gardens is comprised of a series of large stone monoliths and walls that all have the same three thing carved into them, a declaration of human rights, a poem, and a message stating the purpose of the monument. Each of these stones is carved in a different language, ranging from modern languages to ancient dead languages. The stones form a pattern that allows them to support roofs to cover parts of the path.
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