- Around the base of Nelson’s Column are bronze panels showing Nelson in various acts of derring-do in four major battles, including the one that killed him in 1805.
- In the center of Trafalgar Square stands London’s most famous monument: Nelson’s Column.
- The column was built between 1840 and 1843 to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson’s death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
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- Nelson’s Column is one of England’s most iconic sites. It is located in London’s Trafalgar Square. It was built to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson.
- Of the Nelson Column, erected from designs by Mr. Railton, of solid granite, the following are the dimensions: steps 7 feet, pedestal 37 feet, column 105 feet...
- Nelson's Column is in Trafalgar Square in central London and there are no restrictions on when or how you stay either as it's ffree!
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- The actual statue of Nelson, by E H Baily, that tops the column, and the four lions to the base, by Sir Edwin Landseer, were only added in 1867.