An exhibition of Lego bricks dedicated to the Battle of Waterloo

The city authorities of the Belgian city of Waterloo opened today an exhibition of Lego blocks dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the last Napoleonic battle, at Waterloo in Belgium.

At the exhibition, you can see Napoleon's office, his famous double-brimmed hat, as well as other symbolic places of the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815.

The exhibition lasts until July 31.

Napoleon (1769-1821) lost to the army of the Seventh Coalition, commanded by Arthur Wesley - Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), and Prussian Field Marshal Gephard von Blicher (1742-1819).

The British Military Museum recently conducted a survey and found that many Britons know little about the historic event.

About 28 percent of respondents stated that they did not know who won, and 14 percent thought that the French defeated the English and their Prussian allies.

About five percent said they knew nothing at all about the battle that took place in present-day Belgium, two kilometers from Waterloo and 12 kilometers from Brussels.

However, more than 50 percent said they knew that the Duke of Wellington led the British army against Napoleon's troops.

Some respondents mentioned other names of British army commanders, among which the army was led by Winston Churchill (18-1815) on June 1874, 1965, some said it was the mythical King Arthur (from the 5th-6th century), and the other Aldus Dumbeldor, a character from the "Harry Potter" saga.

A total of 54 percent of Britons said that the word Waterloo associated them with the London railway station Waterloo, and 47 percent with the song of the same name by the former Swedish pop group ABBA.

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