List of monuments to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

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

  • A large stone monument built upon 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)[1][2]
  • A monumental column and statue in his birthplace in Trim, County Meath, Ireland (1817)[3]
  • The Rotunda, Woolwich Common, London, designed by John Nash (1814, re-erected 1819). Originally constructed as a temporary pavilion for the grand fête celebrating Wellington's victories in 1814, the structure was dismantled and permanently re-erected on Woolwich Common to serve as the Royal Artillery Museum. Nash employed pioneering structural techniques including laminated timber construction for the building's innovative roof design. The Rotunda remained in use as a museum until 1999 and is now a Grade II* listed building.[4]

See also

References

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