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The Mausoleum Monument

The Mausoleum Monument built by Sir Francis Dashwood (1708- 1781) and completed in 1765. By Humphrey Spender Circa 1935
The town of West Wycombe in Bucks seen from the tower of The church of St Lawrence. In the foreground is the The Mausoleum Monument.
In 1765 the construction of the Mausoleum Monument beside the church of St Lawrence was completed. This was a hexagonal structure with 12 Tuscan columns based on the Emperor Constantine's “Triumphal Arch” in Rome and Rabelais' fictional “Abbey of Thélème” (Sir Francis had two copies of Rabelais' works, one in French and one in English). The six-sided shape could also be a reference to the Cabala, its sixth emanation being the “Sephiroth”, representing the divine force that impels life to continue symbolized by the Sun.
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