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    The Congress Column (French: Colonne du Congrès [kɔlɔn dy kɔ̃ɡʁɛ]; Dutch: Congreskolom [kɔŋˈɣrɛskoːˌlɔm]) is a monumental column in Brussels, Belgium,...
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    The column during the Great Smog of 1952 One of the Landseer Lions with the column behind, June 2021 Berlin Victory Column Congress Column July Column "The...
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    Trajan's Column (Italian: Colonna Traiana, Latin: Columna Traiani) is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's...
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    star shining in the east. France portal Berlin Victory Column Congress Column Nelson's Column Washington Monument (Baltimore) Baedeker, Paris and Its...
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    A victory column, or monumental column or triumphal column, is a monument in the form of a column, erected in memory of a victorious battle, war, or revolution...
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    A fifth column is any group of people who undermine a larger group or nation from within, usually in favor of an enemy group or another nation. According...
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    throne, Leopold III paid his respects to the Unknown Soldier at the Congress Column: "I know the difficult duties that this oath imposes on me, and to...
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    with the Small Ring. Its focal point is the Congress Column (erected in memory of the National Congress of 1830–31, the founder of democratic liberties...
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    as Saint Catherine's Church, the Church of Our Lady of Laeken, the Congress Column, the Royal Theatre of la Monnaie and above all, the Palace of Justice...
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    Congress itself remained in place until the official elections of a first Parliament on 29 August 1831. A monument in Brussels, the Congress Column,...
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