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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 (1786–1815).It was erected in 1817 by the siblings of the deceased who included a future Prime Minister, Lord Aberdeen. The monument takes the form of a severed column, or colonne brisée to use the French term, reached by a flight of steps.It was designed by the British architect John Buonarotti Papworth, and executed in a type of limestone known as Belgian blue stone (French: pierre bleue).

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  • 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 (1786–1815).It was erected in 1817 by the siblings of the deceased who included a future Prime Minister, Lord Aberdeen. The monument takes the form of a severed column, or colonne brisée to use the French term, reached by a flight of steps.It was designed by the British architect John Buonarotti Papworth, and executed in a type of limestone known as Belgian blue stone (French: pierre bleue). The pedestal features inscriptions and reliefs, including the badge of the Scots Guards, the regiment in which Gordon served, with its motto Nemo me impune lacessit (en)
  • Le Monument Gordon est un monument érigé sur le site du champ de bataille de Waterloo à la mémoire d'Alexander Gordon, lieutenant-colonel britannique des Scots Guards et aide de camp de Wellington, mort à l'âge de 29 ans à la bataille de Waterloo, le 18 juin 1815. (fr)
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  • Le Monument Gordon est un monument érigé sur le site du champ de bataille de Waterloo à la mémoire d'Alexander Gordon, lieutenant-colonel britannique des Scots Guards et aide de camp de Wellington, mort à l'âge de 29 ans à la bataille de Waterloo, le 18 juin 1815. (fr)
  • 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 (1786–1815).It was erected in 1817 by the siblings of the deceased who included a future Prime Minister, Lord Aberdeen. The monument takes the form of a severed column, or colonne brisée to use the French term, reached by a flight of steps.It was designed by the British architect John Buonarotti Papworth, and executed in a type of limestone known as Belgian blue stone (French: pierre bleue). (en)
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  • Gordon Monument (en)
  • Monument Gordon (fr)
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