Waterloo - Lion Hill

(Local Name: Butte du Lion) The Butte du Lion, lion hill, rises above the former battlefield and is visible from afar. It was constructed between 1823 and 1826 on the place where the Prince of Orange received his fatal wounds. The hill was built up with 32,000cu.m/42,000cu.yd of earth from the battlefield to a height of 40m/131ft and a circumference of 520m/1,706ft on a supporting brick base. On the summit was placed the sculpture of a lion by Arthur-Louis van Geel which weighs 28 tons and is more than 4m/13ft long. The lion stands with its right paw on a globe and looks to the south from where the French came. From the platform beneath the monument (over 226 steps to climb) there is a panoramic view of the