Battle of Leipzig

196 years ago was the battle that Napoleon and his allies lost. Afterwards he was sent to Elba.
The battle is commemorated by 50 small monuments like this one. They each mark a particular point of the battle between 200,000 Napoleonic and 400,000 opposing troops which raged for days around and in the city. The stones are named after the man who paid for them.
I find that in their simplicity and the fact that they are dotted all around they are a more suitable memorial than the colossus that was set up in 1913. That is a glorification of war and ironically seems to be much loved by the people of Leipzig.
Ironic because the Kingdom of saxony was on the losing side!