Wellington Monument
The Wellington Monument, or sometimes the Wellington Testimonial, is an obelisk located in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland. The testimonial is situated at the southeast end of the Park, overlooking Kilmainham and the River Liffey.- Type: Obelisk
- Description: obelisk in Dublin
- Also known as: “Wellington Monument, Dublin” and “Wellington Testimonial”
- Inscription: “Asia and Europe, saved by thee, proclaim Invincible in war thy deathless name, Now round thy brow the civic oak we twine That every earthly glory may be thine.”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Liffey Railway Bridge and Kilmainham Gaol.
Liffey Railway Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Deitel55, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Liffey Railway Bridge is a rail bridge spanning the River Liffey near Heuston railway station in Dublin in Ireland. It is a wrought iron box truss structure, and joins lines from Heuston Station to Connolly Station through the Phoenix Park Tunnel. Liffey Railway Bridge is situated 190 metres south of Wellington Monument.
Kilmainham Gaol
Photo: Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kilmainham Gaol is a former prison in Kilmainham, Dublin. It is now a museum run by the Office of Public Works, an agency of the Government of Ireland. Kilmainham Gaol is situated 1 km southwest of Wellington Monument.
Dublin Heuston railway station
Railway station
Photo: Poxyshamrock, Public domain.
Heuston Station, also known as Dublin Heuston, is one of Dublin's largest railway stations and links the capital with the south, southwest and west of Ireland. Dublin Heuston railway station is situated 730 metres southeast of Wellington Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oxmantown and Stoneybatter.
Oxmantown
Suburb
Oxmantown was a suburb on the opposite bank of the Liffey from Dublin, in what is now the city's Northside. It was founded in the 12th century by Hiberno-Norse Dubliners or "Ostmen" who either migrated voluntarily or were expelled from inside of the city walls of Dublin after the Anglo-Norman invasion and the 1171 beheading of Hasculf, the last Hiberno-Norse King of Dublin by the invading army.
Stoneybatter
Suburb
Photo: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stoneybatter, is a neighbourhood of Dublin, Ireland, on the Northside of the city between the River Liffey, the North Circular Road, Smithfield Market, and Grangegorman.
Rialto
Suburb
Photo: Deitel55, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rialto is an inner suburb of Dublin, situated on the city's southside. The area takes its name from the Harcourt Bridge, which was commonly known as the Rialto Bridge due to its resemblance to the shape of the bridge of that name in Venice.
Wellington Monument
- Categories: historic site and monument
- Location: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.34904° or 53° 20′ 57″ northLongitude
-6.30312° or 6° 18′ 11″ westHeight
62 metres (203 feet)Open location code
9C5M8MXW+JQOpenStreetMap ID
way 40498842OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=obeliskWikidata ID
Q3308144
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Wellington Monument” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Wellington monumentua”
- French: “Wellington Monument”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת ולינגטון”
- Irish: “Leacht Wellington”
- Japanese: “ウェリントン記念碑”
- Spanish: “Monumento a Wellington”
- Spanish: “Testimonial de Wellington”
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