🏛️ Waterloo Column

The Waterloo Column is a victory column commemorating the Battle of Waterloo. It is situated in Hanover, the capital of the German state of Lower Saxony. Built from 1825 to 1832, it was designed by Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves who had been the Hanover court architect since 1814. While a statue of the goddess Victoria is placed atop the column, the sentiment is balanced by the tribute to fallen Hanoverian soldiers named on the column's base. The troops honoured fought in an army loyal to King George III, who ruled the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland while also ruler of the Kingdom of Hanover in a personal union.