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The Wellington Testimonial was built to commemorate the victories of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Wellington, the British politician and general, also known as the 'Iron Duke', was born in Ireland. Originally planned to be located in Merrion Square, it was built in the Phoenix Park after opposition from the square's residents. [4]
The Wellington Testimonial stands over 200 feet high in Dublin’s Phoenix Park making it Europe’s tallest obelisk. It was built between 1817 and 1861 to commemorate the victories of Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington. It has four bronze plaques, one on each side cast from cannons captured at the battle of Waterloo.
The Wellington Monument is an obelisk in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland. It is also called "Wellington Testimonial" because it was built while Wellington was still alive. The monument is in the southeast of the Park. It is near Kilmainham and the River Liffey. The obelisk is 62 metres (203 ft) tall. It is the largest obelisk in Europe.
The Wellington Testimonial, aka the Wellington Monument, is the tallest obelisk in Europe (at just over sixty-two metres tall). Completed in 1861, it was designed by Robert Smirke as a testimonial to the Duke of Wellington aka Arthur Wellesley, who was born in Dublin and educated in Trim, Co. Meath.
In a report of 1834, Decimus Burton (1800-81), architect of London’s Wellington Arch (1826-30), bemoaned the incomplete state of the Wellington Testimonial and suggested that the three empty plinths should be removed. Work resumed after Wellesley’s death in 1857 when the plinths were indeed removed.
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