The Lion's Mound is a large conical artificial hill in the municipality of Braine-l'Alleud, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. King William I of the Netherlands ordered its construction in 1820, and it was com
The immense Butte du Lion ("Lion's Mound") overlooking the battlefield of Waterloo
The erection of the Lion's Mound, 1825. Engraving by Jobard, after a Bertrand drawing.
The Lion's Mound and the rotunda of the Panorama of the Battle of Waterloo
The Leo Belgicus on top of the mound at the site of the battle
The Gordon Monument is a neoclassical monument to a slain warrior on the battlefield of Waterloo. The person commemorated is Lt Colonel Sir Alexander Gordon. It was erected in 1817 by the siblings of
The Gordon Monument close to the N5 road
Related monuments: Monument to the Hanoverians (1818) on the left, Lion's Mound (1820s), Gordon Monument