Equestrian statue o the Duke o Wellington, Glesga
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The equestrian statue o Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke o Wellington locatit ootside the Ryal Exchange, kent the noo as the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland, is ane o Glesga's maist faur ben laundmairks.
It wis sculpit bi Italian airtist Carlo Marochetti an pit up in 1844, owin tae public subscrievins tae mairk the successfu end in 1815 o the lang French Revolutionary Wars an the Napoleonic Wars. Sin the 1980s at the aerliest it haes been traditeionally toppit wi ae traffic cone b memmers o the public. The statue is a Category A leetit sculptur.