- Why is it called Trafalgar? Trafalgar Square, plaza in the City of Westminster, London, named for Lord Nelson’s naval victory (1805) in the Battle of Trafalgar.
- On the North side of the square is the National Gallery. In the past, Trafalgar Square was home to many pigeons, and a popular tourist activity was feeding them.
- The preperations for the construction of Trafalgar Square were in the Charing Cross Act of 1826.
- ...had approached the government proposing that a monument to the victory of Trafalgar, funded by public subscription, should be erected in the square.
- The Standards can be found in the Great Hall of the Guildhall outside the Royal Observatory in Greenwich and in Trafalgar Square.
- Nelson's Column is a monument in the centre of Trafalgar Square in London. It was built between 1840 and 1843 to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson...
- Designed in 1830 to commemorate the victory of the British Navy, Trafalgar Square is one of the most important and bustling spaces in London.
- Trafalgar Square is a special site in the center of the city of London. ... But soon ,we can see the crowd is coming… Surely a must visit if you ever visit London!!!!
- Interestingly, the bronzes used in these sculptures were obtained by melting the cannons of Napoleon’s ships captured in the Trafalgar war.