• This article will introduce the history, design, symbolic significance of the Nelson’s Column and its unique position in London’s urban landscape.
  • On 30 September 1840, the first stone of the column was laid by Charles Davison Scott, honorary secretary of the committee (and son of Nelson's secretary, John...
  • Nelson’taki Column, 51 m yüksekliğinde ve 169 m yüksekliğinde durmakta ve 170 yıl boyunca Trafalgar Meydanı'ndaki sahneyi araştırmıştır.
  • For example, in 1979 Ed Drummond climbed Nelson’s Column to raise awareness about the Anti-Apartheid Movement.
  • The column was built between 1840 and 1843 to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson’s death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
  • The column was completed almost 40 years after Admiral Horatio Nelson’s death at the battle of Trafalgar at an estimated cost of £47,000.
  • Sailor - Nelson's Column Not all Africans in Britain were slaves: on the south of Nelson’s Column is a relief of his death at Trafalgar in 1805.
  • Before the statue of Nelson was placed on the column in 1843, 14 stonemasons who had worked on the project had a dinner party on top of the column.
  • On 13 April 1995 Johnny Dawes free-climbed Nelson's Column with Noel Craine, Jerry Moffat and Simon Nadin, and graded the climb as "E6 6b/5a".