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Place Vendôme: the Column

Photo by Slavito ; Taken 02/Nov/2006 ; Posted 13/Dec/2008
Place Vendôme: the Column

The column (Jacques Gondoin and Jean-Baptiste Lepère, 1806-1810) at the Place Vendôme (1st Arrondissement). The column commemorates Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz. It was cast from approximately 1,000 Austrian cannons. And the little guy at the top? It's Napoleon himself.

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