Destruction of Vendôme Column in 1871 Paris
Demolished Vendôme Column
"Communards" pose with the statue of Napoléon I from the toppled Vendôme column
Dismantled Statue of Napoleon in Paris, 1871
Vendôme Column and Felling Machinery #1
Column of Place Vendôme shortly after it falls
Communards and Gustave Courbet pose with the statue of Napoléon I from the toppled Vendôme column
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Dismantled Statue of Napoleon in Paris, 1871

A statue of Napoleon lies broken in the Place Vendome after being dismantled by the Paris Commune. The Commune described the statue as "a monument of barbarism, a symbol of brute force and false glory".
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