YOU4420136: View of Place Vendome and the Vendome Column, the square designed by Jules Hardouin Mansart (1646-1708), architect of King Louis XIV, The column was erected in 1810 by Naoleon to commemorate the battle of Austerlitz, inspired by the Trajane column in Rome, covered with low reliefs representing scenes of battles, it is surmounted by a statue of Napoleon 1st by Auguste Dumont (1801-1884). Photography, KIM Youngtae, Paris. / Bridgeman Images