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It's actually a tiny location of Walloon Brabant in Belgium, a renowned site that is considered the synonymous in a large amount languages connected with a daunting conquer. Discussed as "dreary backwoods" by Victor Hugo, it awarded its designation onto a UK train station and got the scenery for this bloody battle. Major European forces struggled right there along the 18th June 1815. At the conclusion of that atrocious event, 60,000 casualties (dead and wounded) have been lying in the grass, In as much as eyes will find effectively as the soil appeared to be reddened at blood flow.
Have you already realized its name? Waterloo, placed approximately twenty four kilometers south of Brussels, the Capital in Belgium and of all the European Union. In today's times, this truly multicultural and also prosperous destination, having its awesome stores, its non commercial neighbourhoods together with its worldwide schools, still maintains a great association as a result of its amazing history.
Per year, a memorialization associated with greater or lesser degree happens on the field of battle, but for many months, the whole city has become actively making preparations for that celebration, for the 18th June 2015, of the bicentennial of the fight of Waterloo.
On the 18th luxury villa holidays of June , the small city of Waterloo is expected to be visited by thousands of tourists and History buffs for the commemoration of the battle. Even some heads of state should be present. A large team is working hard to prepare an impressive program with fireworks, sound and lighting effects, fights and will end with the full reconstitution of the battle on the 21st June.

Nowadays, the battle field is not exactly as it was in the 19th century though it has kept its rural features. Fortunately, in 1914, a law protects the battlefield against any major changes and it is forbidden to build or plant anything that would change its general aspect.
Many monuments or buildings, whistorical events took place, still exist and can be visited, like the Napoleon's last headquarter..
On the top of hill, a huge lion, a paw on a globe, dominates the battlefield. . During the fight, the Prince of Orange was injured and 9 years later, his father, King William of the Netherlands had this symbolic monument built in honor of his son's bravery. Year after year, it became such a touristic place that a staircase of 226 steps was added in 1863.
The guided tours also include the Panorama and its extraordinary and immense mural painting, one of the biggest of the military art, which represents dramatic scenes of the battle. The combination of the unique skill of the artist and the loud and original soundtrack will place you in the middle of the fight.
The battle opposed the Great Army of Napoleon, made up of 125,000 men, to the Allied armies, mainly British and Dutch, under the command of Wellington, and the Prussian army, commanded by Blücher, 210 000 men in total.
The 12 June 1815, Napoleon, who had escaped from the island of Elba where he had been exiled, left the French capital to gather his army and the 14 June, he was on his way to Brussels. The 18 June 1815, Wellington woke up very early, he had decided to launch the assault on the plateau of Mont-Saint-Jean, near Waterloo providing he could count on Blücher's help. If not, he would go to Brussels.
Waterloo was at a strategic location on a paved road leading to Brussels. This explains why the battle took place south of the city: the allies wanted to prevent Napoleon from reaching Brussels at any cost and Waterloo was the last inhabited village. Beyond was the forest and then, Brussels...
As Victor Hugo wrote in the ""Had it not rained on the night of 17th/18th June 1815, the future of Europe would have been different …an unseasonably clouded sky sufficed to bring about the collapse of a World." During the night from 17th to 18th June, it had not stopped raining heavily and the wet ground delayed the start of the battle until 11:30 a.m. These weather conditions gave the Prussian Army the time join Wellington's forces. The fight was horrible and at the close of the day, 47.000 dead and wounded were lying pell-mell in a 20 km² area... Wellington and Blücher had won and their enemy, Napoleon, helped by his Imperial Guard, had fled.
The French Emperor and the British General fought for the last time. Napoleon was sent to Sainte-Helene where he died while the Duke of Wellington entered politics and became Prime Minister of the Unitd kingdom.
Is it the unprecedented violence of the battle? The number of unidentified bodies, thrown pell-mell into mass graves? The fascinating personality of Napoleon? By 1815, the curious began to flock to the site, which soon became a place of pilgrimage and commemorations.
Inns, taverns and restaurants were built to welcome the tourists.
Waterloo is now a pleasant and flourishing little town with its shops and elegant neighborhood and past seems far away. However, when you will have the battle field at your feet, from the top of the Lion's Mound, you will certainly remember with emotion the thousands of men who lost their life on the tragic 18th June 1815.
I recommend you, before your visit to the battle field, to read the description of the battle in "Les Miserables" by Victor Hugo a master piece of the French literature, or his poem "Waterloo, bleak wilderness" to feel the intensity of the tragedy.
In many aspects, Waterloo was not just any battle but it played a significant role in History. This tragic fight was in fact the beginning of several decades of piece, after many years of conflicts all over Europe, the fall of Napoleon, genius and dictator and the end of the First French Empire.
On the 18th June 2015 enjoy one the most highly recommended and outstanding show in Europe. Waterloo will be the place to be !

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