Column of the Grande Armée
Colonne de la Grande Armée | |
Column in 2007 | |
| Location | Wimille, Pas-de-Calais, France |
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| Designer | Étienne-Éloi Labarre |
| Type | Victory column |
| Material | Marble |
| Height | 54m |
| Visitors | 13,000 (in 2022) |
| Beginning date | 1804 |
| Completion date | 1841 |
| Opening date | August 15, 1841 |
| Dedicated to | Grande Armée |
| Website | https://www.colonne-grande-armee.fr |
The Column of the Grande Armée (French - Colonne de la grande Armée or Colonne Napoléone) is a 53 metre high Corinthian order triumphal column (modelled on Trajan's Column and other triumphal columns in Rome) on the Rue Napoleon in Wimille, near Boulogne-sur-Mer, France.