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Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square, Westminster

Nelson's Column is a monument in Trafalgar Square built to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson, who died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The monument was constructed between 1840 and 1843 and the four bronze lions on the base were added in 1867. The whole monument is 51.6 m (169 ft 3 in) tall from the bottom of the pedestal to the top of Nelson's hat. The pedestal is decorated with four bronze relief panels, each 18 feet (5.5 m) square, cast from captured French guns. They depict the Battle of Cape St Vincent, the Battle of the Nile, the Battle of Copenhagen, and the death of Nelson at Trafalgar.
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