- 10 things you probably didn’t know about Nelson’s Column: 1. Nelson’s Column cost £47,000 to make which is. equivalent to more than £3 million today.
- When was Nelsons column in Dublin blown up? But in between, there was the single act for which Sutcliffe will be remembered in the history of Dublin.
- Honestly I've spent a lot of times around both protests and fandom communities, and the caliber of Gritty art here is exceptional. Show this thread. Nelson’s Column.
- Admiral Nelson famously defeated the combined forces of Napoleonic France and Bourbon Spain but did you know these facts about Nelson's Column?
- Nelsons Column is in Trafalgar Square; was erected in 1843 at a cost of £45,000, and is 145 feet high The statue of Nelson on the top is 17 feet high.
- Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square has been a landmark in London since it was completed in 1843.
- The height of the Nelson column is 167 feet (51 meters).The bronze leaves of the acanthus adorn the top of the Corinthian column.
- Standing over 50 metres tall in London's Trafalgar Square, Nelson's Column was built in the 1840s as a memorial to one of England's most formidable leaders...
- For example, in 1979 Ed Drummond climbed Nelson’s Column to raise awareness about the Anti-Apartheid Movement.