威靈頓公爵塑像

走出海德公園，在海德公園東南門附近拍攝威靈頓拱門和雕像。威靈頓拱門(the Wellington Arch)，憲法拱門或綠色公園拱門，或英國的凱旋門，是倫敦市中心海德公園角的中心部分，位於海德公園和綠色公園之間;它坐落在一個大的交通島上，有供行人通行的十字路口。它最初是由雕塑家馬修·柯特·懷亞特(Matthew Cotes Wyatt)為惠靈頓第一公爵(Duke of Wellington)建造的一座巨大的騎馬雕像，因此得名“惠靈頓拱門”(the Wellington Arch)。自1912年以來，被阿德里安·瓊斯(Adrian Jones)設計的一款青銅四馬二輪戰車所取代。

The statue of the Duke of Wellington is near the Wellington Arch and, of course, the Wellington Tower, cast in bronze. It is a beautiful depiction of the Duke of Wellington on his horse, accompanied by four of his soldiers, like commemorating the great victory of the Duke of Wellington against Napoleon's army in the Battle of Waterloo.

呵呵，平生與拿破侖為敵，在重大戰役中兩次挫敗他，包括顛覆歷史的滑鐵盧戰役。可惜啊，終於干倒了拿破侖，卻沒能幹倒他的名氣。幾百年過去了，人們也只是在提拿破侖的時候，順便提提威靈頓……

The Duke of Wellington is famous for his decisive victory over Napoleon in Waterloo World War I, and Britain commemorates him with this statue.

Just like the old British style, the renovation of the surrounding buildings gives people a sense of history and modernity.