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47-489: (Redirected from Wellington Statue ) The following is a list in chronological order of monuments to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), a leading British political and military figure of the 19th century, particularly noted for his defeat of Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815: List of monuments [ edit ] A large stone monument built upon

94-1483: A Small Irish Town" . A Trip to Ireland . RICH RENNICKS. November 11, 2013. ^ "Achilles (The Wellington Monument)" . The Victorian Web . 2006-08-21 . Retrieved 2014-10-03 . ^ "Wellington Arch" . English Heritage . Retrieved 2014-10-03 . ^ "Statue: Duke of Wellington statue - EC2" . LondonRemembers.com . Retrieved 22 September 2014 . ^ "Wellington Monument, Old Woodhall Road, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire" . Heritage Explorer . English Heritage. 2007 . Retrieved 2014-10-03 . ^ "Marochetti Collection, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington" . FineArtFacts . Retrieved 2014-10-03 . ^ "The Duke of Wellington by Matthew Cotes Wyatt" . The Victorian Web . 2012 . Retrieved 2014-10-03 . ^ "Duke of Wellington, by Thomas Milnes" . www.victorianweb.org . Retrieved 2015-09-13 . ^ "THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON" . Princes Street .com . Edinburgh Sites . Retrieved 2014-10-03 . ^ Historic England . "Wellington Monument (1060281)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 16 March 2014 . ^ "The Duke of Wellington by Baron Marochetti" . Victorian Web . 2011-07-16 . Retrieved 2014-10-04 . ^ "Statues in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester" . Bob Speel . Retrieved 2014-10-04 . ^ "Monument to

141-482: A colossal bronze statue of Achilles by Richard Westmacott (1822) Wellington Arch on Hyde Park Corner, London, built to a design by Decimus Burton (1825–1827) Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, City of London , by Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1844) This equestrian statue has "Erected June 16, 1844" inscribed into its plinth. Wellington Monument, Old Woodhall Road,  Woodhall Spa , Lincolnshire,

188-518: A column with bust on top (1844) Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, Glasgow , by Carlo Marochetti (1844). The Royal Exchange Square , Queen Street, in Glasgow , Scotland, has a statue of Wellington astride a horse, outside the Gallery of Modern Art . The statue does feature the bicorne cocked hat associated with him, but it is in his hand, not on his head. The statue is often "defaced" by

235-462: A means of expression, where forms previously exclusive to European elites are used by new social groups or for generating anti-monumental artifacts that directly challenge the state and the ruling classes. In conflicts, therefore, it is not so much the monument which is relevant but rather what happens to the communities that participate in its construction or destruction and their instigation of forms of social interaction. The word "monument" comes from

282-569: A monument needs to be open to the public, which means that its spatial dimension, as well as its content can be experienced by the public, and be sustainable. The former may be achieved either by situating the monument in public space or by a public discussion about the monument and its meaning, the latter by the materiality of the monument or if its content immediately becomes part of the collective or cultural memory. The social meanings of monuments are rarely fixed and certain and are frequently 'contested' by different social groups. As an example: whilst

329-555: A revised and cheaper design was eventually used, though, and building was completed in 1854. It is now owned by the National Trust , which closed the monument to the public in 2007, owing to safety concerns; surveys showed that extensive renovation work was needed. Repairs were completed, leaving the monument "now possibly in better condition than when it was first completed" and the monument reopened in August 2021. The monument

376-598: Is a 175-foot-high (53 m) triangular obelisk located on a point of the Blackdown Hills , 3 km (1.9 miles) south of Wellington in the English county of Somerset . It is a grade II* listed building and is the tallest three-sided obelisk in the world. The monument was designed to commemorate the Duke of Wellington's victory at the Battle of Waterloo . Construction of the original design commenced in 1817;

423-452: Is different from Wikidata Monument Monuments result from social practices of construction or conservation of material artifacts through which the ideology of their promoters is manifested. The concept of the modern monument emerged with the development of capital and the nation-state in the fifteenth century when the ruling classes began to build and conserve what were termed monuments. These practices proliferated significantly in

470-472: Is often used to describe any structure that is a significant and legally protected historic work, and many countries have equivalents of what is called in United Kingdom legislation a Scheduled Monument , which often include relatively recent buildings constructed for residential or industrial purposes, with no thought at the time that they would come to be regarded as "monuments". Until recently, it

517-430: Is to be sustainably damaged or even destroyed. In addition to the national protection of cultural monuments, international organizations (cf. UNESCO World Heritage , Blue Shield International ) therefore try to protect cultural monuments. Recently, more and more monuments are being preserved digitally (in 3D models) through organisations as CyArk . Wellington Monument, Somerset The Wellington Monument

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564-766: The Wellington Arch at Constitution Hill in London directly outside Apsley House , his former London home. Completed in 1846, the enormous scale of the 40 ton, 30 feet (9 m) high monument resulted in its removal in 1883, and the following year it was transported to Aldershot where it still stands near the Royal Garrison Church. A statue of Wellington by the sculptor Thomas Milnes at Woolwich Arsenal, which now stands in Wellington Park (1848) [REDACTED] Wellington statue, in

611-404: The type of bayonet used by Wellington's armies, a spike of triangular cross-section rather than a blade, with funds raised from local subscribers to commemorate his achievements. The initial designs envisaged a cast iron statue of the Duke on the top of the column with more statues on the plinth, but these were never built. The upper section of the column was restored in 1890 when the pinnacle

658-946: The 1809 in the Second Battle of Porto , Portugal The Duke's horse, Copenhagen , has a monument over his grave at Stratfield Saye House , Hampshire Stone statue of the Duke leaning against Copenhagen in Lower Newmarket Street, Falkirk , Stirlingshire. A bust in Alameda Gardens , Gibraltar. See also [ edit ] List of titles and honours of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Wellington (disambiguation) Waterloo Memorial (disambiguation) References [ edit ] ^ "Aberystwyth residents help archaeologists excavate Pen Dinas hillfort" . BBC News . October 2021. ^ "English – Coflein" . ^ "The Wellington Monument: A Controversial Statue in

705-829: The Duke of Wellington, Great Hall, Guildhall" . National Recording Project . Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 2014-05-06 . Retrieved 2014-10-04 . ^ "The military link continues..." Where We Are & Local History Brecon . Brecon Town Council. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06 . Retrieved 2014-10-04 . ^ "1861 – Wellington Monument, Phoenix Park, Dublin" . Buildings of Ireland . Archiseek . Retrieved 2014-10-04 . ^ "Duke of Wellington Commemorative Column" . Art & Architecture . The Courtauld Institute . Retrieved 2014-10-04 . ^ Horton, Steven (2014-05-25). "WELLINGTON'S WAIT" . Liverpool Hidden History . Retrieved 2014-10-04 . ^ "Baslow" . Discovering Derbyshire and

752-682: The Duke's Hampshire residence, a column with statue on top, by Carlo Marochetti (1863) Wellington's Column in Liverpool by Mr George and Andrew Lawson (1865) Wellington Monument, Baslow , Derbyshire. A stone cross (1866) Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, Hyde Park Corner , London, by Joseph Boehm (1888) A monument in St Paul's Cathedral , London, where he is buried. By Alfred Stevens (completed 1912) A bust in Porto where he led Anglo-Portuguese troops against French troops in

799-963: The East End of Edinburgh , Scotland Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, East End of Princes Street, Edinburgh , by Sir John Steell (1848–52) Wellington Monument, Somerset , in the Blackdown Hills (commenced 1817, completed in 1854). This monument overlooks the town of Wellington, Somerset , from which Wellington's title was taken. A statue of Wellington by the sculptor Carlo Marochetti in Leeds, England , which now stands in Woodhouse Moor park (1855). His boots have been painted red, presumably by local students. A statue in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester , by Matthew Noble (1855/6) [REDACTED] Wellington Monument in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester A monument in

846-745: The Great Hall of the Guildhall, London , by John Bell (1856) Duke of Wellington Statue, The Bulwark, Brecon , Wales, by John Evan Thomas (1858) [REDACTED] Engraving of Dublin's Wellington Testimonial including the never completed equestrian statue Wellington Monument, Dublin , by Robert Smirke (commenced 1817, completed 1861). This memorial in Phoenix Park is the tallest stone obelisk in Europe Duke of Wellington Commemorative Column , outside Stratfield Saye House ,

893-586: The Iron Age hill fort of Pen Dinas overlooking Cardigan Bay and the Welsh town of Aberystwyth . The monument takes the form of an eighteen metre high upended cannon. It is thought that the column was intended to carry at statue at the top, which was never installed. (1850s) A monumental column and statue in his birthplace in Trim, County Meath , Ireland (1817) Wellington Monument, London , on Park Lane, London;

940-451: The Latin " monumentum ", derived from the word moneo , monere , which means 'to remind' or 'to warn', suggesting a monument allows us to see the past thus helping us visualize what is to come in the future. In English the word "monumental" is often used in reference to something of extraordinary size and power, as in monumental sculpture , but also to mean simply anything made to commemorate

987-2789: The Peak District . Retrieved 2014-10-04 . ^ The Green Park Arch, Wellington Place. Victorian London, Originally published in The Queen's London : a Pictorial and Descriptive Record of the Streets, Buildings, Parks and Scenery of the Great Metropolis, 1896 . Accessed September 2014 ^ Welford, John (2013-01-15). "Alfred Stevens and the Wellington Memorial in St Pauls Cathedral London" . Artists and Artwork . Fine Arts 360 . Retrieved 2014-10-04 . v t e Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Family Wife: Catherine Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington Children: Arthur Charles Father: Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington Mother: Anne Wellesley, Countess of Mornington Brothers: Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley Sister: Lady Anne Culling Smith Nephews and nieces: Richard Anne Henry Priscilla William Georgiana [REDACTED] Battles and wars Flanders Campaign Battle of Boxtel Fourth Anglo-Mysore War Battle of Seringapatam Second Anglo-Maratha War Battle of Assaye Peninsular War Battle of Roliça Battle of Vimeiro Second Battle of Porto Battle of Talavera Battle of Sabugal Third Siege of Badajoz Battle of Salamanca Battle of Vitoria Hundred Days Battle of Waterloo Homes Apsley House Stratfield Saye House Walmer Castle Memorials Wellington Arch Wellington's Column Wellington monuments Dublin London Somerset Wellington College, Berkshire Cultural depictions Statues Aldershot Glasgow London Royal Exchange Hyde Park Corner Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_monuments_to_Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington&oldid=1244752857 " Categories : Lists of monuments and memorials to people Monuments to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

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1034-545: The Second World War (1939–1945) for scrap metal to help the war effort. The need for scrap metal fell and they were eventually buried at Watchet . The one cannon remaining at Exeter was brought to the monument in 1977 and finally installed in 1984. The monument is built of local stone, Calcareous Grit, a Sandstone from Northay . The triangular column is 80 feet (24 m) wide at the base and 175 feet (53 m) high. The base has an Egyptian winged panel above

1081-557: The Wellington Rotary Club donated the cannon currently standing at the base of the monument. The National Trust closed the monument to the public in 2007, owing to safety concerns. Surveys showed that extensive renovation work was needed to reopen the internal staircase to the viewing platform. In June 2009, the National Trust announced plans to reclad the monument at a cost of £4 million. The painted fence

1128-645: The case of the Great Wall of China , or because an event of great importance occurred there such as the village of Oradour-sur-Glane in France . Many countries use ' ancient monument ' or similar terms for the official designation of protected structures or archeological sites which may originally have been ordinary domestic houses or other buildings. Monuments are also often designed to convey historical or political information, and they can thus develop an active socio-political potency. They can be used to reinforce

1175-403: The column was 47 feet (14 m) high but all funds had been spent. Another appeal raised further funds, and the column was raised to 121 feet (37 m) by 1820. It was damaged in 1846 when it was struck by lightning . Construction restarted after the Duke's death, and was completed in 1854 by Henry Goodridge . The monument's design was inspired by an Egyptian obelisk , but in the shape of

1222-898: The dead, as a funerary monument or other example of funerary art . A formalist interpretation of monuments suggests their origins date back to antiquity and even prehistory. Archaeologists like Gordon Childe viewed ancient monuments as symbols of power. Historians such as Lewis Mumford proposed that the practice began with Paleolithic landmarks, which served as sites for communication with ancestral spirits. However, these perspectives often project modern uses of monuments onto ancient structures. In art history, monuments are seen as significant sculptural forms; in architecture and urban planning, they are crucial for city organization and mapping. These contemporary interpretations have been retroactively applied to ancient and non-Western structures. This modern concept of monuments aligns with how past constructions are labeled as monuments today. Françóise Choay highlights

1269-486: The debate touches on the social mechanisms that combine with Remembrance. These are acceptance of the monument as an object, the conveyed contents and the impact of these contents. Monuments are frequently used to improve the appearance of a city or location. Planned cities such as Washington, D.C. , New Delhi and Brasília are often built around monuments. For example, the Washington Monument 's location

1316-551: The distinction between these views: "The historic monument is a precisely datable invention of the West... exported and diffused beyond Europe from the late nineteenth century." Basically, the definition framework of the term monument depends on the current historical frame conditions. Aspects of the Culture of Remembrance and cultural memory are also linked to it, as well as questions about the concepts of public sphere and durability (of

1363-609: The former East German socialist state may have seen the Berlin Wall as a means of 'protection' from the ideological impurity of the west, dissidents and others would often argue that it was symbolic of the inherent repression and paranoia of that state. This contention of meaning is a central theme of modern 'post processual' archaeological discourse. While many ancient monuments still exist today, there are notable incidents of monuments being intentionally or accidentally destroyed and many monuments are likely to have disappeared through

1410-453: The government to make available money for a restoration fund. In 2016 she further highlighted the deteriorating condition of the monument and started a petition for its repair. Complicated repairs were completed, over two years and at a cost of £3.1m, and the monument reopened in August 2021; the Trust said that after repairs it was expected to be removed from the at-risk register, and that it

1457-543: The ground as bollards , and the brass gun sold in 1837 for £64 to cover the storage costs incurred by the local corporation. In 1890, when four guns were requested for the monument as part of a restoration project, they were found to be naval cannons cast in Scotland dating from 1789, and never used at the Battle of Waterloo. Four cannons were eventually installed in 1910, surrounding the monument, but these were removed during

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1504-595: The location; he chose the town of Wellington, Somerset , due to its similarity to the family name, although Arthur Wellesley had never visited it. The new title was 'Viscount Wellington of Talavera, and of Wellington in the County of Somerset'. Parliament awarded him £100,000, and with this he bought two manors in the town, including the land the monument now stands on. The association was continued with Wellesley's subsequent promotions to higher ranks of nobility; he ultimately became Duke of Wellington in 1814. The monument

1551-471: The monuments in their jurisdiction, there are institutions dedicated on the efforts to protect and preserve monuments that considered to possess special natural or cultural significance for the world, such as UNESCO 's World Heritage Site programme and World Monuments Fund . Cultural monuments are also considered to be the memory of a community and are therefore particularly at risk in the context of modern asymmetrical warfare. The enemy's cultural heritage

1598-402: The need for their conservation, given that a fundamental component of state action following the construction or declaration of monuments is litigating vandalism and iconoclasm. However, not all monuments represent the interests of nation-states and the ruling classes; their forms are also employed beyond Western borders and by social movements as part of subversive practices which use monuments as

1645-411: The nineteenth century, creating the ideological frameworks for their conservation as a universal humanist duty. The twentieth century has marked a movement toward some monuments being conceived as cultural heritage in the form of remains to be preserved, and concerning commemorative monuments, there has been a shift toward the abstract counter monument. In both cases, their conflictive nature is explicit in

1692-404: The one memorized) and the form and content of the monument (work-like monument). From an art historical point of view, the dichotomy of content and form opens up the problem of the "linguistic ability" of the monument. It becomes clear that language is an eminent part of a monument and it is often represented in "non-objective" or "architectural monuments", at least with a plaque. In this connection,

1739-635: The passage of time and natural forces such as erosion. In 772 during the Saxon Wars , Charlemagne intentionally destroyed an Irminsul monument in order to desecrate the pagan religion. In 1687 the Parthenon in Athens was partially destroyed by a Venetian mortar round, which set off the store of gunpowder kept there by the Turkish defenders. A recent archeological dig in central France uncovered

1786-421: The placing of a traffic cone on Wellington's head. [REDACTED] Wellington astride Copenhagen his charger statue on Round Hill, Aldershot . Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, Aldershot , originally at Hyde Park Corner, by Matthew Cotes Wyatt (1846). In 1838 a proposal to build a statue of Wellington resulted in the building of a giant statue of him on his horse Copenhagen , placed above

1833-700: The primacy of contemporary political power, such as the column of Trajan or the numerous statues of Lenin in the Soviet Union . They can be used to educate the populace about important events or figures from the past, such as in the renaming of the old General Post Office Building in New York City to the James A. Farley Building , after James Farley , former Postmaster General of the United States . To fulfill its informative and educative functions

1880-510: The remains of a Megalithic monument that had been previously destroyed "Like some monuments, including Belz in Morbihan , the menhirs of Veyre-Monton were knocked down in order to make them disappear from the landscape. Pushed into large pits, sometimes mutilated or covered with earth, these monoliths have been destroyed. 'object of iconoclastic gestures, a sort of condemnation perhaps linked to some change of community or beliefs " The term

1927-415: The studded iron door and is surmounted by a coved dentil cornice . A counterweight hangs inside the top of the monument to help balance it in windy weather. An internal staircase ascends to a viewing platform, which has three circular windows, one on each face. The monument was acquired by the National Trust in 1934. It is floodlit on special occasions with new lights installed in 2015. In 1985,

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1974-593: Was conceived by L'Enfant to help organize public space in the city, before it was designed or constructed. Older cities have monuments placed at locations that are already important or are sometimes redesigned to focus on one. As Shelley suggested in his famous poem " Ozymandias " (" Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair! "), the purpose of monuments is very often to impress or awe. Structures created for other purposes that have been made notable by their age, size or historic significance may also be regarded as monuments. This can happen because of great age and size, as in

2021-475: Was customary for archaeologists to study large monuments and pay less attention to the everyday lives of the societies that created them. New ideas about what constitutes the archaeological record have revealed that certain legislative and theoretical approaches to the subject are too focused on earlier definitions of monuments. An example has been the United Kingdom 's Scheduled Ancient Monument laws. Other than municipal or national government that protecting

2068-492: Was erected to celebrate the victory of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington , at the 1815 Battle of Waterloo . Following his victory at the Battle of Talavera in 1809, Wellesley was ennobled as a viscount . Peerages in the United Kingdom usually include a territorial designation , symbolically tying them to a particular location. Because Arthur was abroad with the army, his brother Richard Wellesley selected

2115-415: Was proposed in 1815 by William Sanford of Nynehead Court , and he started a public subscription to pay for it. Within months £1450 had been raised and a design competition was held. The winning entry envisaged a 95 feet (29 m) pillar with three cottages at the base to house old soldiers as caretakers. It was designed by Thomas Lee and the foundation stone was laid by Lord Somerville in 1817. By 1818

2162-513: Was raised by 1.5 metres (4.9 ft). The original plans were for twenty-four cannons, captured from the French army at the Battle of Waterloo, to be installed around the base. In 1818 one brass and 15 iron cannons were transported from the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich to Exeter Quay , but they were never transported to the monument. After years of storage at Exeter ten were sunk into

2209-443: Was replaced by an open wire fence in 2010, aiding visibility, but still preventing public access to the base of the monument. Survey work in 2010 showed the extent of cracks in the stonework. In 2013 it was announced that further funding would be needed for the restoration project. Sensors recording the movement of the tower are also to be installed. In 2015 Rebecca Pow the new local Member of Parliament for Taunton Deane asked

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