Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer
Wimille

Column of the Grande Armée

The Column of the Grande Armée is a 53 metre high Corinthian order triumphal column on the Rue Napoleon in , near , France.
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  • Opening hours:
    October 1st—June 14th: Friday—Sunday 10:00 AM—noon and 2:00 PM—4:00 PM
    June 15th—September 30th: Wednesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—12:30 PM and 2:30 PM—6:30 PM
    January 1st: closed
    May 1st: closed
    November 1st: closed
    December 25th: closed
    November 8th—December 18th: closed
  • Type: Monument
  • Also known as: “Column of the Grande Armee”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Terlincthun British Cemetery and Boulogne-Tintelleries station.

Cemetery
Photo: Mussklprozz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission military cemetery containing Commonwealth and German burials from the First and Second World Wars, located in the region of . is situated 630 metres northwest of Column of the Grande Armée.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Boulogne-Tintelleries is a railway station serving the historic centre of Boulogne. It opened on May 1, 1893, is located on the Boulogne–Calais railway and served by the local TER . is situated 1½ km south of Column of the Grande Armée.

Museum
Photo: Les Bergers des Pierres - Moselle Association, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Fort of the Crèche is a coastal battery of the Séré de Rivières system, whose construction was completed in 1879. It is near , in the on the tip of Pointe de la Crèche. is situated 1½ km northwest of Column of the Grande Armée.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boulogne-sur-Mer and Saint-Martin-Boulogne.

Photo: Demeester, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Boulogne is a city and port in the Côte d'Opale region of . It is the second largest place on the Cote D'Opale after .

Town
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is a commune in the department in the region of .

Town
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is a commune in the department in the Hauts-de-France region of France west of Boulogne. The river Liane forms the eastern border of the commune with Boulogne. is situated 5 km southwest of Column of the Grande Armée.

Column of the Grande Armée

Latitude
50.74126° or 50° 44′ 29″ north
Longitude
1.61744° or 1° 37′ 3″ east
Elevation
143 metres (469 feet)
Open location code
9F23PJR8+GX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 123297767
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Geo­Names ID
3295255
Wiki­data ID
Q2782334
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Russian—“Column of the Grande Armée” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Colonne de la Grande Armee”
  • Dutch: “Colonne de la Grande Armée”
  • Dutch: “Column of the Grande Armée”
  • French: “colonne de la Grande Armée”
  • French: “Colonne de la Grande Armée”
  • Hebrew: “עמוד הגרנד ארמה”
  • Hebrew: “עמוד נפוליאון”
  • Italian: “Colonna della Grande Armata”
  • Italian: “Colonna della Grande Armée”
  • Italian: “Colonne de la Grande Armée”
  • Russian: “Колонна Великой Армии”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Column of the Grande Armée”. Photo: Roger Davies, CC BY-SA 3.0.