Lion's Mound (Waterloo)
The Lion's Mound ( Dutch Leeuwenheuvel , French Butte du Lion ) on the territory of the Belgian municipality of Braine-l'Alleud is the main monument of the Battle of Waterloo and marks the presumed spot where the Prince of Orange was wounded during the battle on June 18, 1815 has been.
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King William I of Orange had this monument erected in 1820 to commemorate the courage of his son Wilhelm , the Prince of Orange.
The entire construction, which began in 1823 and was completed in November 1826, was carried out by workers from the Cockerill company in Liège . A total of 290,485 cubic meters of earth from the fields between the "Haie Sainte" and the road on which Wellington had set up his troops, were heaped up at this point to form a 40 meter high hill. The base has a circumference of 520 meters.
A total of 226 steps lead to a small platform, in the middle of which stands a lion statue on a base . The bronze figure , 4.45 meters high and 4.50 meters wide, weighs 28 tons and was also made by the Cockerill company. Legend has it that it was cast from weapons left on the battlefield by the French. She was transported to Brussels by water and then to Waterloo by horse and cart.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 41.2 ″ N , 4 ° 24 ′ 19.4 ″ E