Alexander Column

monument, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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The Alexander Column is a monument located in Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is the world's tallest freestanding column of its kind, standing 165 feet (50 meters) tall. This granite monolith was erected between 1830 and 1834. The column is so precisely balanced that its base is not fastened. It was created to commemorate Russia's victory over Napoleon I in the campaign of 1812.1

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…600-ton granite monolith of the Alexander Column (1830–34), the tallest of its kind in the world and so finely set that its base is not fastened, thrusts up for 165 feet (50 metres) near the centre of the square.
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…600-ton granite monolith of the Alexander Column (1830–34), the tallest of its kind in the world and so finely set that its base is not fastened, thrusts up for 165 feet (50 metres) near the centre of the square.
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