Nelson's Column

Horatio Nelson was an admiral of the British fleet, who fell in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The column commemorating him stood in Trafalgar Square in 1843. Her design was selected through a competition. In 1970, the building was entered on the list of monuments.

The nearly 52-meter granite column was designed in the Corinthian style. On its top there is a statue of Nelson, and the pedestal of the monument is decorated with 4 bronze reliefs. They depict the battles in which Nelson participated, including the Battle of Trafalgar. Melted cannons captured from the French were used to make them. At the base of the column there are 4 bronze lions, which were added in 1867, because they lacked funds in the first phase of the project.

It is interesting that Hitler wanted to move the column to Berlin if his plan of invasion of Great Britain (which never happened) succeeded. In turn, in 1925, Arthur Furguson, a Scottish actor, sold the column to American tourists as a joke. He told them that in this way the government was supplementing the state coffers after World War I.