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The Lion's Mound (Butte du Lion)

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The Lion's Mound (Butte du Lion)

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The Lion's Mound (Butte du Lion)

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Location: Braine-L'Alleud, Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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1. Auf den Spuren der Schlacht von Waterloo

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3. The English lines – Prussian Monument loop from Plancenoit

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Valerie

July 27, 2020

226 steps lead you up - a 4.45 meter high, 4.50 meter wide and 28 ton heavy bronze figure and a 360-degree all-round view await you on the so-called Lion Hill. The whole thing was built in honor of the Prince of Orange, who was probably wounded here during the Battle of Waterloo.

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Katrien

July 8, 2023

The Butte du Lion is a 40-metre-high monument erected in 1826 at the request of William I, who wanted to mark the presumed place where his eldest son was wounded on 18 June 1815.

At the top of the 226 steps, the view embraces the Battlefield of Waterloo 1815. An orientation table allows you to understand the movements of the troops, the square formations of the infantry, the deployment of the cavalry.

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Willem VS

October 9, 2023

The Lion of Waterloo, also known as the Butte du Lion, is a memorial to the Battle of Waterloo, which was fought on 18 June 1815 near Brussels. The monument was erected at the initiative of King William I of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The monument consists of a gigantic cast iron lion that rises 45 metres above the surrounding plain on an artificial hill. The Lion of Waterloo symbolises one of the largest battles ever fought in Europe, where Napoleon Bonaparte lost to the allied armies and the Prussian forces.

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Location: Braine-L'Alleud, Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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The Lion's Mound (Butte du Lion)

1. Auf den Spuren der Schlacht von Waterloo

2. The Memorial Museum – The English lines loop from Le Roussart

3. The English lines – Prussian Monument loop from Plancenoit

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