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Pyramid of Austerlitz

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Pyramid of Austerlitz

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Pyramid of Austerlitz

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Utrechtse Heuvelrug

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Location: Woudenberg, Utrecht, Netherlands

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Pauline van der Waal

August 27, 2020

The Pyramid of Austerlitz is located at one of the highest points of the Utrechtse Heuvelrug. The monument dates from the time of Napoleon in the early 1800s.

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Bumble-Bee

October 19, 2020

The French General Auguste de Marmont set up an army camp in this central location in the Netherlands in 1804. Here he assembled a powerful army within a few months to drive out the British troops if they wanted to repeat the attack of 1799. Satisfied with the power of his new army, he had the soldiers build this monument out of sand and earth in the fall of 1804. Inspired by the pyramids of Giza that Marmont had seen during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign, it became a pyramid. Construction took 29 days, and a 13-metre-high wooden obelisk was erected on top of the 36-metre-high pyramid. The inhabitants of this area called the hill Marmontberg. In 1805 Marmont moved to Germany with his troops and took part in the coalition war that ended in the Battle of Austerlitz. A short time later, the new King Ludwig Napoleon named the Marmontberg the Pyramid of Austerlitz.

(de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramide_von_Austerlitz)

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Andreas 🚴🏻‍♂️ 🚵‍♂️

July 5, 2021

The 200m there from the road are unpaved and partly sandy
Unfortunately, the bikes cannot be taken into the grounds. It is best to connect it to a tree beforehand.
Adults €3.50 / children €1.50

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Elevation 50 m

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1. Van Driebergen-Zeist naar Maarn – Nationaal Park de Utrechtse Heuvelrug

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3. Austerlitz Heathlands – Pyramid of Austerlitz loop from Maarn

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