In 1811, to commemorate the birth of the Prince Imperial (later Napoleon II), a ceremonial column (') of wood and plaster was erected on the common, on the instigation of the French administration and funded by the city treasury. Inaugurated on 20 March 1811; it was burned and destroyed by the citizenry on 6 January 1814 when the Sixth Coalition finally entered the city after over 2 months of siege. Similarly, the ' — a Greek-style temple topped by a winged victory with shield, sword and lance and containing a bust of Napoleon sculpted by Friedrich Döll — was erected in the "" woods on the direction of the senate-president ; the design included a grotto with fountain and flower beds, using a large water basin removed from the . Inaugurated with ceremony on 14 August 1811 after extravagant celebrations for Napoleon's birthday, with a eulogy on Napoleon being given by Resch to little celebration from the citizenry, the French administration commissioned a painting of the temple from in 1812, but it was burned on 1 November 1813 and completely destroyed by Erfurters and their besiegers in 1814. The celebrations of Napoleon's birthday were repeated in 1812, with a concert in the , conducted by Louis Spohr.