Lee Circle
Encyclopedia
Lee Circle is a traffic circle
with a monument to Confederate General, Robert E. Lee
, in New Orleans, Louisiana
. It is located on St. Charles Avenue
, where it intersects Howard Avenue. The bronze statue that tops the Doric column was sculpted by Alexander Doyle
. Prior to the erection of the monument in 1884, the location was known as Tivoli Circle.
Traffic circle
A traffic circle or rotary is a type of circular intersection in which traffic must travel in one direction around a central island. In some countries, traffic entering the circle has the right-of-way and drivers in the circle must yield. In many other countries, traffic entering the circle must...
with a monument to Confederate General, Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee
Robert Edward Lee was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War....
, in New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
. It is located on St. Charles Avenue
St. Charles Avenue
St. Charles Avenue is a thoroughfare in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. and the home of the St. Charles Streetcar Line. It is also famous for the hundreds of mansions that adorn the tree-lined boulevard for much of the Uptown section of the route. The southern live oak trees, particularly found in...
, where it intersects Howard Avenue. The bronze statue that tops the Doric column was sculpted by Alexander Doyle
Alexander Doyle
Alexander Doyle was an American sculptor.Doyle was born in Steubenville, Ohio, and spent his youth in Louisville, Kentucky and St. Louis, Missouri before going to Italy to study sculpture in Carrera, Rome, and Florence....
. Prior to the erection of the monument in 1884, the location was known as Tivoli Circle.