Trafalgar+Square

**TRAFALGAR SQUARE**
In the 1820s the Prince told an architect to redevelop the area. Nash, the architect, cleared the square as part of his Charing Cross Improvement Scheme, then, Nash created the present architecture of the square which was completed in 1845.
 * When was Trafalgar Square built?**


 * Where is Trafalgar Square located?**



Trafalgar Square is between the National Gallery and Cockspur Street.

To get there you can get the underground to Charging Cross station (Northern and Bakerloo Lines), Embankment station (District, Circle, Northern and Bakerloo Lines) and Leicester Square (Northern and Piccadilly lines). You can also take those bus routes that run through Trafalgar Square: 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 23, 24, 29, 53, 87, 88, 91, 139, 159, 176, and 453.

Trafalgar Square is a square 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. Statues and sculptures are on display in the square, including a fourth plinth displaying changing pieces of contemporary art, and it is a site of political demonstrations. The square consists of a large central area surrounded by roadways on three sides, and stairs leading to the National Gallery on the other. The roads which cross the square form part of the A4 road, and prior to 2003, the square was surrounded by a one-way traffic system. Underpasses attached to Charing Cross tube station allow pedestrians to avoid traffic. Recent works have reduced the width of the roads and closed the northern side of the square to traffic.
 * What it is?**

Nelson's Column is in the centre of the square,surrounded by fountains designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1939 and four huge bronze lions sculpted by Sir Edwin Landseer. The column is topped by a statue of Horatio Nelson, the admiral who commanded the British Fleet at Trafalgar.

Trafalgar Square ranks as the fourth most popular tourist attraction on Earth with more than fifteen million visitors a year. The name commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), a British naval victory of the Napoleonic Wars. Trafalgar Square is owned by the Queen in Right of the Crown, and managed by the Greater London Authority. The fourth plinth on the northwest corner, designed by Sir Charles Barry and built in 1841, was intended to hold an equestrian statue of William IV, but remained empty due to insufficient funds. A statue of Edward Jenner, funded largely be public subscription, was unveiled on the fourth plinth in 1858, but protests by anti-vaccinationists led to its removal to Kensington Gardens four years later. Later, agreement could not be reached over which monarch or military hero to place there.
 * Other information**

The fourth plinth on the northwest corner, designed by Sir Charles Barry and built in 1841, was intended to hold an equestrian statue of William IV, but remained empty due to insufficient funds. A statue of Edward Jenner, was unveiled on the fourth plinth in 1858, but protests by anti-vaccinationists led to its removal to Kensington Gardens four years later. Later, agreement could not be reached over which monarch or military hero to place there.