Monument to the vanquished, not the winner - this paradox, we observed near Waterloo, a Belgian village, around which the 18 June 1815 there was a famous battle. Napoleon, with his 120-strong army joined the battle with the troops antifrantsuzkoy coalition and lost. Made against England, Russia, Austria, Prussia and the Netherlands. Except for Russia, all the other participants - current partners of France on the European Union. And then France lost. After this defeat, Napoleon again abdicated the throne and the rest of his life in exile on St. Helena.

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Today site of the battle of Waterloo is a memorial to Bonaparte. We can assume that even a defeat of this historical figure is blagogoveyannіy awe among citizens. To each his movement are looking at so far. And each weighing event in his life is reflected in the monument. Paradoxically, but respect for Napoleon could not insure him from neglect. It's me that when we come to the monument, we saw that the name of Napoleon is written on the pedestal without the two letters. More precisely two letters fell off and the emperor and was disadvantaged.

Shortly after our arrival at the monument appeared ri countries, men bydto not from this era. In fact, these people live nearby, and in his spare time, they work part time, allow themselves to be photographed with everyone. Of course, men do not attract the attention of themselves and their clothes. They are dressed in uniforms of the three armies - the participants of dramatic events at Waterloo. We gladly took pictures with them and went to the monumental mound, with which all can see the surrounding countryside. Imagine how everything happened, we can, tolo connecting fantasy. Because today about rivers of blood spilled here is nothing like. On the contrary - the picture is so beautiful, that looks like a resort. True famous battle is recreated as a costume show. But it happens in June, and we arrived here in the fall. A little late. Maybe you're lucky ...