Editing Victory column (section)

{{Short description|Monument in the form of a column}}

[[File:Сравнительная высота колонн Александра I, Наполеона, Траяна, Помпея и Антонина,1836г ГИМ.jpg|thumb|19th-century comparison between the [[Alexander Column]], the [[Column of the Grande Armée]], [[Trajan's Column]], the [[Column of Marcus Aurelius]], and "[[Pompey's Pillar (column)|Pompey's Pillar]]"]]
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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 heroic commemoration,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WWHhEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA15 |title=Representing the English Renaissance |first=Stephen |last=Greenblatt |author-link=Stephen Greenblatt |publisher=[[Univ of California Press]] |date=15 November 2023 |page=15 |isbn=9780520332201}}</ref> including victorious [[battle]], [[war]], or [[revolution]]. The column typically stands on a base and is crowned with a victory [[symbol]], such as a [[statue]]. The statue may represent the goddess [[Victoria (mythology)|Victoria]]; in [[Germany]], the female embodiment of the nation, [[Germania (personification)|Germania]];<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dw.com/en/150-years-of-berlins-victory-column-changing-symbolism/a-66623291 |title=150 years of Berlin's Victory Column: Changing symbolism |first=Torsten |last=Landsberg |date=9 February 2023 |access-date=9 January 2024 |work=[[DW.com]]}}</ref> in the [[United States]] either the female embodiment of the nation [[Liberty (personification)|Liberty]] or [[Columbia (personification)|Columbia]];<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_n7pDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA52 |title=Rooted Resistance: Agrarian Myth in Modern America |first1=Norie R. |last1=Singer |first2=Stephanie Houston |last2=Grey |first3=Jeff |last3=Motter |publisher=[[University of Arkansas Press]] |date=1 September 2020 |page=52 |isbn=9781682261439}}</ref> in the [[United Kingdom]], the female embodiment [[Britannia]], an [[eagle]],<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DzhKAQAAMAAJ&q=Britannia+represented+as+an+eagle+for+Victory |title=Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II |volume=7-8 |author=British Museum Department of Coins and Medals |author-link=British Museum Department of Coins and Medals |publisher=[[Trustees of the British Museum]] |year=1907}}</ref> or a naval war hero depicted as a helmeted woman, wielding a trident, shield and olive branch.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/blog/library-archive/triumph-britannia-naval-victory-urban-entertainment-mid-eighteenth |title=The Triumph of Britannia |date=26 April 2019 |access-date=9 January 2019 |first=Katherine |last=Gazzard |work=[[Royal Museums Greenwich]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theeastindiacompany.com/blogs/stories/britannia-a-symbolic-journey-through-british-history |title=Britannia: A Symbolic Journey Through British History |date=24 August 2023 |access-date=9 January 2024 |work=[[The East India Company]]}}</ref>