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Detail of the column at Place Vendôme, Paris, France.

Place Vendôme was laid out in 1702 as a monument to the glory of the armies of Louis XIV.

Napoleon erected the original column, modeled after Trajan's Column, to celebrate the victory of Austerlitz; its veneer of 425 spiraling bas-relief bronze plates were made out of cannon taken from the combined armies of Europe, according to his propaganda.

The original column had been removed in the mid-1800s. In 1874, the column was re-erected at the center of Place Vendôme with a copy of the original statue on top.

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Detail of the column at Place Vendôme, Paris, France.<br />
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Place Vendôme was laid out in 1702 as a monument to the glory of the armies of Louis XIV.<br />
<br />
Napoleon erected the original column, modeled after Trajan's Column, to celebrate the victory of Austerlitz; its veneer of 425 spiraling bas-relief bronze plates were made out of cannon taken from the combined armies of Europe, according to his propaganda.<br />
<br />
The original column had been removed in the mid-1800s. In 1874, the column was re-erected at the center of Place Vendôme with a copy of the original statue on top.