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The column fitted harmoniously into the Palace Square
ensemble. Montferrand placed the monument not in the geometrical centre
of the square, but on the axis of the arc of the General Staff and
the central entrance to the Winter Palace. Its height is 47.5 metres,
making it the tallest triumphal column in the world. It can be seen
along four streets converging on Palace Square. "The view of
the soaring column, elegantly and solidly constructed, evokes genuine
satisfaction mixed with astonishment. The satisfied eye views the
details with affection and rests upon the whole", one contemporary
wrote. |
