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Wellington Arch and Apsley House
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Wellington Arch
There is more than one location in the City
associated with The Duke of Wellington and waterloo.
The Waterloo campaign of 1815 was without
exception the most famous of the Nineteenth century.
It was to culminate in the final overthrow of Napoleon Bonaparte by Wellington
and the end of twenty five years of warfare.
The
London home of the Duke of Wellington. Apsley House.
The Wellington Museum 149
Piccadilly, London W1
Wellington Arch: London’s famous landmark at Hyde Park Corner.
There is a exhibition inside the Wellington
Arch telling the story behind the monument, with excellent views of the city
skyline from the viewing platforms above.
Not to mention a close up look at the great landmark sculpture (Peace descending
on the Chariot of War) atop the arch.
Open daily from 10am until 5pm. Admission Details Adult £2.50 Child £1.30
Concessions £1.90
Location: Wellington Arch Hyde Park Corner W1 Telephone:+44 (0)20 7930 2726
Richard Westmacott's statue of a nude Achilles is the dominant feature of the
Wellington Monument in Hyde Park Corner.
Achilles was cast from cannons captured in the Duke of Wellington's military
campaigns.
Background
On 15 July 1815, Napoleon was exiled to the remote tiny volcanic island of St.
Helena, south of the Equator.
Napoleon was buried on St Helena, but his body
was later reburied in Paris on the banks of the Seine.
The Battle in Literature: The Battle of
Waterloo figures prominently in literature.
It is an important feature of the epic poem
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1818) by the British poet Lord Byron, and the poetic
drama The Dynasts (1908), by the British author Thomas Hardy.
The battle is also an event in the plots of the
novels The Charterhouse of Parma (1839), by the French writer Stendhal; Vanity
Fair (1848), by the British author William M. Thackeray.
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