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Nelson’s Column

Nelson's Column is a in in the , , England, United Kingdom, built to commemorate British Royal Navy officer Horatio Nelson's decisive victory at the Battle of Trafalgar over the combined French and Spanish navies, during which he was killed by a French sniper.
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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: victory column in London
  • Address: London, WC2N 5DU

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and National Gallery.

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The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

Art gallery
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The is an art museum in in the , in , England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. is situated 450 feet northwest of Nelson’s Column.

Art gallery
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The is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. When it opened in 1856, it was arguably the first national public gallery in the world that was dedicated to portraits. is situated 570 feet north of Nelson’s Column.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and Covent Garden.

Suburb
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is an ethnic enclave in the , London, bordering to its north and west, Theatreland to the south and east. The enclave currently occupies the area in and around Gerrard Street.

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is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of , and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.

Locality
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The is a district of , England, in the and the . It is west of the and north of the , in which many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops…

Nelson’s Column

Latitude
51.50776° or 51° 30′ 28″ north
Longitude
-0.12793° or 0° 7′ 41″ west
Elevation
72 feet (22 metres)
Open location code
9C3XGV5C+4R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 150920358
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Geo­Names ID
10174597
Wiki­data ID
Q842089
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Nelson’s Column” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “عمود نيلسون”
  • Armenian: “Նելսոնի սյուն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nelson sütunu”
  • Basque: “Nelson zutabea”
  • Belarusian: “Калона Нэльсана”
  • Catalan: “columna de Nelson”
  • Catalan: “Columna de Nelson”
  • Cebuano: “Nelson’s Column”
  • Chinese: “納爾遜紀念柱”
  • Chinese: “纳尔逊纪念柱”
  • Czech: “Nelsonův sloup”
  • Dutch: “Nelson’s Column”
  • Dutch: “Nelsons Zuil”
  • Dutch: “Zuil van Nelson”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عمود نيلسون”
  • Esperanto: “Kolono de Nelson”
  • Finnish: “Nelsonin patsas”
  • French: “colonne Nelson”
  • French: “Colonne Nelson”
  • German: “Nelson’s Column”
  • German: “Nelsonsäule”
  • Hebrew: “עמוד נלסון”
  • Hungarian: “Nelson oszlopa”
  • Hungarian: “Nelson-emlékoszlop”
  • Indonesian: “Tugu Nelson”
  • Italian: “colonna di Nelson”
  • Italian: “Colonna di Nelson”
  • Japanese: “ネルソン記念塔”
  • Japanese: “ネルソン記念柱”
  • Kazakh: “Нельсон колоннасы”
  • Korean: “넬슨 기념탑”
  • Macedonian: “Нелсонов столб”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nelsonsøylen”
  • Norwegian: “Nelsonsøylen”
  • Persian: “برج نلسون”
  • Polish: “Kolumna Nelsona”
  • Polish: “Nelson’s Column”
  • Portuguese: “Coluna de Nelson”
  • Romanian: “Coloana lui Nelson”
  • Russian: “Колонна Нельсона”
  • Sinhala: “නෙල්සන්ගේ කුළුණ”
  • Slovak: “Nelsonov stĺp”
  • Slovenian: “Nelsonov steber”
  • Spanish: “Columna de Nelson”
  • Swedish: “Nelson’s Column”
  • Swedish: “Nelsonkolonnen”
  • Thai: “เสาเนลสัน”
  • Turkish: “Nelson Sütunu”
  • Ukrainian: “Колона Нельсона”
  • Welsh: “Colofn Nelson”

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