Nelson's Column

Trafalgar Square. (Open Map)
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Description

Glorifying Admiral Horatio Nelson

Nelson's Column commemorates Admiral Horatio Nelson's death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The column was built by Peto & Grissell between 1840 and 1843, according to a 1838 design by architect William Railton.

William Railton's original 1:22-scale stone model is exhibited at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.