erected on vs erected over

Both "erected on" and "erected over" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Erected on" is used when something is built on top of a surface, while "erected over" is used when something is built to cover or span across another object.

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erected on

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when something is built on top of a surface or structure.

Examples:

The statue was erected on a pedestal.
The building was erected on a solid foundation.
A tent was erected on the campsite.

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It faces the Cathedral, Gothic nave single erected on the site of an earlier Romanesque building.
It was erected on the place where a Norman church once stood by orders of the feudatory Filippo Sangineto, whose tomb can be found inside the Basilica.
The ancient text says that this shrine was erected on the precise spot of Hercules' birth.
The building is erected on the place of a mass grave of several honeycombs Russian soldiers who died in 1812.
For this, the architects imagined a compact building, erected on a square plan and articulated around a semi-buried central patio.
The 12th Century gothic Dom Santa Maria Assunta was erected on top of an earlier Roman building, probably a temple to Apollo.
In 1950, the headquarters of the United Nations was erected on the edge of the East River, where a slaughterhouse once operated.
If we walk through viale Buozzi, we reach the Albornoz Stronghold, erected on the highest part of the city, at exactly 485 metres of altitude.
This castle was erected on the site occupied by an ancient tower, burned in retaliation for the future Charles VII, knife passed the 350 men who formed its garrison (the town was called long Azay-le-Brûlé, is ie burning).
A second altar was erected on the right side of the chapel for another Eucharistic tabernacle and a painting on board portraying Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, who was particularly devoted to the Holy Sacrament in the centre.
A building refers to any structure permanently constructed or erected on its site.
Billboards shall be erected on the sites of projects assisted by ISPA.
Billboards shall be erected on project sites during works.
Splendid churches, embellished in the most extravagant manner, are erected on popular avenues.
The community was officially erected on 6th December 1962.
The rampart was erected on the original surface.
The monument was erected on a former Austro-Hungarian military cemetery.
After Vicolo dell'Oro, originally the street of goldsmiths' workshops, there is Palazzo Cortesi-Lolli, erected on pre-existent buildings.
One emerging alternative to the existing gas pipeline connections is receiving terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) erected on EU coasts.
Let a tabernacle be erected on this spot.

Alternatives:

built on
placed on
constructed on
set up on
established on

erected over

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when something is built to cover or span across another object.