The Vendôme Column was started in 1806 at Napoleon’s direction and completed in 1810. It was modelled after Trajan’s Column, to celebrate the victory of Austerlitz; its veneer of 425 spiralling bas-relief bronze plates was made out of cannon taken from the combined armies of Europe, according to his propaganda. A statue of Napoleon, bare-headed, crowned with …
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