Battlefield of Waterloo

A visit to the Waterloo battlefield is a must-see for history aficionados. Visitors may stroll the historic site before making their way up Lion's Mound, where a gigantic cast-iron lion keeps watch over the battlefield below, which is just 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of Brussels.

Some of the ground on the battlefield has been changed since 1815. The day after the fight, Captain Mercer noted that "on the ground from Brussels, a carriage drove on the ground, the inhabitants of which, alighting, went to survey the field." Since the war, other topographical characteristics and important locations on the battlefield have remained essentially untouched. The undulating countryside east of Brussels–Charleroi Road, as well as the structures at Hougoumont, La Haye Sainte, and La Belle Alliance, are examples of this.

Location: Belgium