Climbing Mont Marmont
Austerlitz is surrounded by extensive woodlands, dotted with castles, country estates and the famous Pyramid of Austerlitz. The Mont Marmont trail leads through the woods and offers an opportunity to climb the pyramid along the way.
Pyramid of Austerlitz
The Pyramid of Austerlitz is a 36-metre-high pyramid of earth, built in 1804 by Napoleon’s soldiers. That same year, the French General Auguste de Marmont established an army camp in this central location. In the autumn of 1804, satisfied with the military power of the new army and to occupy his bored soldiers, Marmont had his soldiers build an earth and turf monument. Construction lasted 27 days. The end result was named Marmontberg, or Mont Marmont. In 1806, despite protests from Marmont, Louis Bonaparte, the new king of Holland, renamed the hill the Pyramid of Austerlitz.
Sights on this route
Zeisterweg 98
3931 MG Woudenberg
3931 MH Woudenberg
Zeisterweg 98
3931 MG Woudenberg
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