Why would anyone give a rip about visiting a post office if not to mail a letter or package? Generally I try to avoid visiting them as much as I do the Department of Motor Vehicles.  However, in this case Dublin’s famous General Post Office, or GPO, played a huge part in the Easter Rebellion and is therefor a historic landmark. In 1916 rebels holed up on the Georgian GPO with adversaries posted across the street and down O’Connell street for days.  The building was all but destroyed during the rising and later restored with the granite façade remaining original.  Bullet holes still adorn the iconic columns of the GPO as do nearby sculptures.  These bullet holes, as well as many other such historic ideals in Dublin are kept as a reminder rather than repaired.  The building is iconic and important for the Irish Republic and Dublin representing a major historical event and Irish nationalism.  Within the post office, and on display in the front window, is a statue of Cuchilainn sculpted as a reminder of the rebellion.

Can anyone think of other seemingly inconsequential structures made important due to historical events that took place nearby or on site?

GPO

Cuchilainn

Look closely at her elbow and you will see a bullet hole