The Achilles Statue (London)

United Kingdom / England / London
 statue, Grade II Listed (UK)
Giant statue. Erected in 1822 in honour of the Duke of Wellington. sculptor: Sir Richard Westmacott. Battered and stepped granite pedestal, surrounded by heavy granite bollards with spiked chains, on which stands a colossal bronze draped male nude, with sword and
buckler, freely modelled on one of the horse-tamers from the Monte Cavallo in Rome. The bronze was appropriately cast from captured French guns. A grade II listed status.
Source: English Heritage
www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-406533-the-achilles...
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_Monument,_London
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Coordinates:   51°30'16"N   -0°9'9"E

Comments

  • The Wikipedia article gave it the wrong title name here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_Monument,_London -- It's NOT "Wellington Monument, London" --> It was made in HONOUR of the Duke of Wellington... (The Achilles Statue should be the proper title name)
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