Trafalgar Square
Nelson's Column locale
Trafalgar Square is a public plaza in central London, named for the 1805 British naval victory at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Nelson's Column stands at its center, surrounded by fountains and bronze lions.
The square serves as a gathering place for celebrations, protests, and New Year's crowds: We met by the lions in Trafalgar Square.
Memorial pillar in London
- National GalleryGovernment-run art institution
- Charing CrossLondon rail terminus
- WhitehallBritish government metonym
- WestminsterLondon's political center
Piccadilly Circus · Strand · Covent Garden · Buckingham Palace · Big Ben · London Eye · Downing Street · West End
English family name
- columnVertical structural element
- navalOf maritime warfare
- victoryDefeating an opponent
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
memorial · tribute · heroic · plinth · statue · pillar · inscription · Horatio Nelson
Government-run art institution
- masterpieceSupreme artistic achievement
- exhibitionPublic display of items
- portraitureArt of depicting people
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
impressionism · Van Gogh · Turner · Monet · Rembrandt · renaissance · collection · painting
Water-spouting structures
- touristsTravelers seeing sights
- sightseeingVisiting places of interest
- iconicWidely recognized, enduring
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
plinth · statues · granite · cultural hub · pedestrian · axis · viewpoint · meeting point
Nelson's Column
Memorial pillar in London
- National GalleryGovernment-run art institution
- Charing CrossLondon rail terminus
- WhitehallBritish government metonym
Westminster · Piccadilly Circus · Strand · Covent Garden · Buckingham Palace · Big Ben · London Eye · Downing Street · West End · Soho
Nelson
English family name
commemoration · memorial · tribute · heroic · plinth · statue · pillar · inscription · Horatio Nelson · lions
National Gallery
Government-run art institution
- masterpieceSupreme artistic achievement
- exhibitionPublic display of items
- portraitureArt of depicting people
landscape · impressionism · Van Gogh · Turner · Monet · Rembrandt · renaissance · collection · painting · Old Masters
fountains
Water-spouting structures
- touristsTravelers seeing sights
- sightseeingVisiting places of interest
- iconicWidely recognized, enduring
heritage · plinth · statues · granite · cultural hub · pedestrian · axis · viewpoint · meeting point · photography
rally
Gathering for a cause
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
- activismDirect effort for reform
placards · crowd · chants · gathering · assembly · solidarity · speeches · campaign · vigil · New Year's Eve
flock
Animals gathered together
roosting · feathers · wings · perch · tourists · bread crumbs · urban wildlife · ban · hawk · rock dove
- London Squares
- British PlacesBuckingham Palace, England, Tower of London, London, Big Ben
- landmarkspyramids, lighthouse, national monument, Colosseum, Eiffel Tower
- LondonChelsea, Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, Big Ben
- monumentsWashington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, Arc de Triomphe
- public squarespiazza, plaza, agora, place, forum
Trafalgar SquarePiccadilly Circus
Major London intersection
Leicester Square · Times Square · Red Square · Tiananmen Square
Trafalgar Squaregated community
Restricted-access residential area
private estate · Buckingham Palace · corporate headquarters · Windsor Castle · Downing Street
square, squares, squarely, squared, squaring, squarer, squareness, squarish, Trafalgar