Gordon Monument
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title:
Gordon Monument
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The Gordon Monument is a neoclassical monument to a slain warrior on the battlefield of Waterloo. The person commemorated is Lt Colonel Sir Alexander Gordon (1786–1815).
It was erected in 1817 by the siblings of the deceased who included a future Prime Minister, Lord Aberdeen. The monument takes the form of a severed column, or colonne brisée to use the French term, reached by a flight of steps.
It was designed by the British architect John Buonarotti Papworth, and executed in a type of limeston
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Memorial of the Battle of Waterloo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Monument
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2022-01-01T14:53:56Z
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