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Nelson's Column
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Nelson's Column
Nelson's Column
is a
monument
in
Trafalgar Square
in
central London
built to commemorate
Admiral Horatio Nelson
, who died at the
Battle of Trafalgar
in 1805. The monument was constructed between 1840 and 1843 to a design by
William Railton
at a cost of £47,000. It is a column of the
Corinthian order
built from
Dartmoor
granite. The Craigleith sandstone statue of Nelson is by
E. H. Baily
and the four bronze lions on the base, added in 1867, were designed by
Sir Edwin Landseer
.
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