Trafalgar Square and The National Gallery

Trafalgar Square is a square in central London. Its trademark is Nelson’s Column which stands in the centre and the four lion statues that guard the column. It is a site of political demonstrations.

The place commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), a British naval victory of the Napoleonic Wars. The square consists of a large central area surrounded by roadways on three sides, and stairs leading to the National Gallery on the other.