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Wellington Monument may refer to any one of the monuments to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, a leading British political and military figure of the 19th Century, particularly noted for his defeat of Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo.
Among the monuments are:
- Wellington Monument, Dublin
- Wellington Arch on Hyde Park Corner, London
- Wellington College, Berkshire, in Crowthorne, Berkshire, the UK national monument to Wellington
- Wellington Monument, London, at Hyde Park Corner, a colossal statue of Achilles by Richard Westmacott
- Wellington Monument, Somerset in the Blackdown Hills, near Wellington in Somerset
- Wellington Monument, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
- Wellington Statue, Aldershot
- Wellington's Column in Liverpool
- a monument in St Paul's Cathedral, London where he is buried
- a monument in his birthplace in Trim, County Meath, Ireland
- Duke of Wellington Commemorative Column, outside Stratfield Saye House, the Duke's Hampshire residence
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