File:Russia-2767B - Alexander Column (4122823192).jpg
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English: This monument to the Russian military victory in the war with Napoleon's France. Named after Emperor Alexander I, who ruled Russia between 1801 and 1825.
It is 155 ft. 8 in. tall and is topped with a statue of an angel holding a cross (the face of the angel is said to be of Emperor Alexander I). The body of the column is made of a single monolith of red granite, which stands 83 ft. 6 in. high and about 11 ft. 5 in. in diameter. It is a terrific feat of engineering that this enormous column, weighing an incredible 1,322,760 pounds (600 tons), was erected in under 2 hours without the aid of modern cranes and engineering machines. It is not attached at the base but is just free standing. |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by archer10 (Dennis) (74M Views) at https://flickr.com/photos/22490717@N02/4122823192. It was reviewed on 20 May 2016 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |
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