Since 1841, a 54-metre column dominates Boulogne-sur-Mer. Napoleon's soldiers financed it with their own salaries to celebrate a crossing of the Channel that never took place. A monument to the glory of a conquest that has not been made. More
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Since 1841, a 54-metre column dominates Boulogne-sur-Mer. Napoleon's soldiers financed it with their own salaries to celebrate a crossing of the Channel that never took place. A monument to the glory of a conquest that has not been made. More