Waterloo, Belgium
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Waterloo is a municipality in Wallonia, located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium, which in 2011 had a population of 29,706 and an area of 21.03 km2.
Maison communale (city hall) of Waterloo
The Village of Waterloo by George Jones, 1821
Clément-Auguste Andrieux's 1852 The Battle of Waterloo
Church of Saint Joseph of Waterloo
Lion's Mound
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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
Waterloo, Belgium
…on the Chaussée de Bruxelles (which becomes Chaussée de Waterloo, or Waterloosesteenweg when leaving Waterloo in the north and nearing Brussels). The Lion's Mound is a monument to the casualties of the 1815 Battle of Waterloo, located on the spot where a musket ball hit the shoulder of William II of the Netherlands…
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