Waterloo - Battle Field of 1815 - Mound of Lion (Champ de Bataille de Waterloo (1815) – La Butte de Lion)


Waterloo - Battle Field of 1815 - Mound of Lion (Champ de Bataille de Waterloo (1815) – La Butte de Lion)
Added by Bart Perdieus
General Description The Lion's Mound (or "Lion's Hillock", "Butte du Lion" in French, "Leeuw van Waterloo" in Dutch) is a large conical artificial hill located in Waterloo, Belgium and raised on the battlefield of Waterloo, to commemorate the location where William II of the Netherlands (the Prince of Orange) was knocked from his horse by a musket ball to the shoulder during the battle. It was ordered constructed in 1820 by his father, King William I of The Netherlands, and completed in 1826. The prince fought at the preluding Battle of Quatre Bras (16 June, 1815) and the Battle of Waterloo (18 June, 1815).
Height 90.00 mm
Width 140.00 mm
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