Alexander Column

It is known as Alexandrian Column, is the point of convergence of Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The landmark was raised after the Russian triumph in the war with Napoleon's France. The section is named for Emperor Alexander I of Russia, who ruled from 1801– 25. The Alexander Column was planned by the French-conceived modeler Auguste de Montferrand, worked in the vicinity of 1830 and 1834 with Swiss-conceived designer Antonio Adamini, and divulged on 30 August 1834. The landmark is guaranteed to be the tallest of its kind on the planet at 47.5 m 155 ft 8 in tall and is finished with a statue of a holy messenger holding a cross, as a triumphal section it might be the most astounding however the Monument to the Great Fire of London is an unsupported segment 62 m high.

As a stone monument that has been quarried, moved and raised it is the heaviest recorded. The statue of the blessed messenger was composed by the Russian artist Boris Orlovsky. The substance of the heavenly attendant bears incredible likeness to the substance of Emperor Alexander I. The segment is a solitary bit of red rock, 25.45 m 83 ft 6 in long and around 3.5 m 11 ft 5 in in width. The stone monument was gotten from Virolahti, Finland and in 1832 transported via ocean to Saint Petersburg, on a freight boat exceptionally intended for this reason, where it experienced further working. It is set so flawlessly that no connection to the base is required and it is settled in position by its own weight alone.