Feliciter, November 1st, 2006
Deafeated, Napoleon died in exile. Victorious, the British named countless roads, edifices, squares and other public works after the battle that ended Napoleon's career. The most famous commemorative structure is London's Waterloo Bridge, which spans the Thames between Somerset House on the Victoria Embankment, and the National Theatre and the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank. While the bridge is utilitarian, neighbouring sites offer entertainment and frivolity: aside from the theatre and hall, there are galleries, gardens, museums, pubs and the London Eye, the Western world's most notori...
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