Nelson's Column is a monument in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, Central London, built to commemorate Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson 's decisive victory at the Battle of Trafalgar over the combined French and Spanish navies, during which he lost his life. The monument was constructed between 1840 and 1843 to a design by William Railton at a cost of £47,000 (equivalent to £4,908,873 in 2021).
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- Nelson's Column is a monument in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, Central London, built to commemorate Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson's decisive victory...
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- Money was short as the Napoleonic Wars dragged on for another ten years after Nelson’s death until the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Building Nelson’s Column.
- Trafalgar SquareTrafalgar Square, London, from its northeastern corner, with Nelson's Column (left) and the equestrian statue of Charles I (right).
- No trip to Central London is complete unless you walk to the busy but iconic Trafalgar Square, Nelson's Column and the Lions around are beautiful.
- Nelson's Column rises majestically in the center of the square. A statue of G. Nelson stands proudly at the top of the famous column.
- The building of Nelson’s Column in London’s Trafalgar Square, began on 30 September 1840 and completed in 1843.
- 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!
- But how long have you spent really contemplating that spiritual centre of London, Nelson's Column? Not a lot? Well then here's your Londonist landmark lesson.
- Nelson scored: he maintained his skills of putting down so-called mariners, and Lloyds maintained it bulging coffers by not having to pay out on insurance claims.
- 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.
