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Nelsons 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. The pedestal is adorned with bronze reliefs and four great lions, the latter modelled by Sir Edwin Landseer. It commemorates especially the great victory of Trafalgar by which the French navy was destroyed and the invasion of England frustrated. |
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