Trafalgar Square, London region

Trafalgar Square - details and images

Built to commemorate Admiral Nelson, the square was named after the Spanish Cape Trafalgar, where Admiral won his last battle. John Nash is the one who designed the market in 1820. Though he did not live to see it done, or neo classical project has been respected, thus achieving a unified market with effect from the surrounding buildings.

Construction market began in 1829 and continued until the 1840s. National Gallery (National Gallery) occupies the northern part of the market. The stone balusters can be seen as the royal standards of measuring length (one foot, a yard, etc.). On the east side of Trafalgar Square House is located in South Africa. It has carvings of animals arcade. Sir Robert Smirke, who designed the British Museum, also designed Canada's House is located on the west side of Trafalgar market. Canada House is a tourist attraction open to the public and worth visiting for the interior very original classic and very interesting exhibitions come and here.

1848 Trafalgar Square is a favorite place for all kinds of demonstrators or protesters who want to draw attention to causes that support it. Every year in December, the Norwegian people of Great Britain send a gift that is made decorated Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square. This gift is a thank you for the important role of Great Britain for the release of Norway in the Second World War. One of London's sights are unforgettable as is the giant tree, after dusk, when it is lit by thousands of lights, surrounded by carolers and fountains that are lit in colored lights. This image is immortalized on many Christmas cards sent each year worldwide by tourists in London.

Equestrian statue of Charles I is located in the south market and Trafalgar is notable because it measures all distances from London to other places. Edward I built here a cross in 1290 to mark the last place he stopped the funeral procession of his wife Eleanor, to be submitted before the coffin to Westminster Abbey. Cross remained there until civil war in the seventeenth century when it was removed.

In Trafalgar Square, around the statue of Nelson there are statues of other distinguished people. On the one hand and the other is the statue of Sir Henry Havelock and Sir Charles James Napier both Victorian major generals. On the north wall are busts of Beatty, Jellicoe and Cunningham all military leaders to account. On the other hand there is a statue of George IV on horseback, commanded by him. In the opposite corner there is still no permanent statue on a pedestal.

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