2000 London: Trafalgar Square #1
Scanned from film shot in 2000.
Trafalgar Square is a public space in central London, England. With its position in the heart of London, it is a tourist attraction, and one of the most famous squares in the United Kingdom and the world. At its centre is Nelson's Column, which is guarded by four lion statues at its base.
There are a number of statues and sculptures in the square, with one plinth, known as the 4th pinth, displaying changing pieces of contemporary art. The square is also used for political demonstrations and community gatherings, such as the celebration of New Year's Eve.
The name commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), a British naval victory of the Napoleonic Wars. The original name was to have been "King William the Fourth's Square", but George Ledwell Taylor suggested the name "Trafalgar Square".
The northern area of the square had been the site of the King's Mews since the time of Edward I, while the southern end was the original Charing Cross, where the Strand from the City met Whitehall, coming north from Westminster. As the midpoint between these twin cities, Charing Cross is to this day considered the heart of London, from which all distances are measured.
In the 1820s the Prince Regent engaged the architect John Nash to redevelop the area. Nash cleared the square as part of his Charing Cross Improvement Scheme. The present architecture of the square is due to Sir Charles Barry and was completed in 1845.
At the corners of the square are four plinths; the two northern ones, intended for equestrian statues, are larger than the southern pair. Three of them have statues: in the northeast corner George IV by Sir Francis Chantrey (1840s); in the southeast Henry Havelock by William Behnes(1861), and in the southwest Sir Charles James Napier by George Cannon Adams (1855).
The fourth plinth in the northwest corner was originally intended for a statue of William IV but the funds for the statue could not be raised, in part due to the latter's unpopularity. Since 1998 the plinth has been been used to show a series of specially commissioned artworks.
Trafalgar Square is owned by the Queen in Right of the Crown, and managed by the Greater London Authority.
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2000 London: Trafalgar Square #1
Scanned from film shot in 2000.
Trafalgar Square is a public space in central London, England. With its position in the heart of London, it is a tourist attraction, and one of the most famous squares in the United Kingdom and the world. At its centre is Nelson's Column, which is guarded by four lion statues at its base.
There are a number of statues and sculptures in the square, with one plinth, known as the 4th pinth, displaying changing pieces of contemporary art. The square is also used for political demonstrations and community gatherings, such as the celebration of New Year's Eve.
The name commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), a British naval victory of the Napoleonic Wars. The original name was to have been "King William the Fourth's Square", but George Ledwell Taylor suggested the name "Trafalgar Square".
The northern area of the square had been the site of the King's Mews since the time of Edward I, while the southern end was the original Charing Cross, where the Strand from the City met Whitehall, coming north from Westminster. As the midpoint between these twin cities, Charing Cross is to this day considered the heart of London, from which all distances are measured.
In the 1820s the Prince Regent engaged the architect John Nash to redevelop the area. Nash cleared the square as part of his Charing Cross Improvement Scheme. The present architecture of the square is due to Sir Charles Barry and was completed in 1845.
At the corners of the square are four plinths; the two northern ones, intended for equestrian statues, are larger than the southern pair. Three of them have statues: in the northeast corner George IV by Sir Francis Chantrey (1840s); in the southeast Henry Havelock by William Behnes(1861), and in the southwest Sir Charles James Napier by George Cannon Adams (1855).
The fourth plinth in the northwest corner was originally intended for a statue of William IV but the funds for the statue could not be raised, in part due to the latter's unpopularity. Since 1998 the plinth has been been used to show a series of specially commissioned artworks.
Trafalgar Square is owned by the Queen in Right of the Crown, and managed by the Greater London Authority.
Wikipedia