Alexander Column

The Alexander Column is a monumental sculpture located in Palace Square, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Erected between 1830 and 1834, it commemorates Russia's defeat of Napoleon's armies in the 1812 War. The column features a tall, slender granite shaft topped with a golden statue of an angel holding a cross. Its design symbolizes Russia's strength and victory, and it is considered a masterpiece of 19th-century Russian architecture and engineering, showcasing both artistic elegance and military triumph.