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 Statue, Glasgow
- 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
Famous quotes containing the words wellington and/or monument:
“Something is about to happen. Leaves are still.
Two shores away, a man hammering in the sky.
Perhaps he will fall.”
—Alfred Wellington Purdy (b. 1919)
“If a man do not erect in this age his own tomb ere he dies, he shall live no longer in monument than the bell rings and the widow weeps.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)