Column of the Grande Armée
Monument in Wimille, Pas-de-Calais, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Column of the Grande Armée (French - Colonne de la grande Armée or Colonne Napoléone) is a 53 metre high Corinthian order triumphal column (modelled on Trajan's Column and other triumphal columns in Rome) on the Rue Napoleon in Wimille, near Boulogne-sur-Mer, France.
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Colonne de la Grande Armée | |
Location | Wimille, Pas-de-Calais, France |
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Designer | Étienne-Éloi Labarre |
Type | Victory column |
Material | Marble |
Height | 54m |
Visitors | 13,000 (in 2022) |
Beginning date | 1804 |
Completion date | 1841 |
Opening date | August 15, 1841 |
Dedicated to | Grande Armée |
Website | https://www.colonne-grande-armee.fr |
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