Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square (spr. T. squähr), großer öffentlicher. Platz (s. Square,) im Stadttheile Westminster in London, 1829 begonnen; in der Mitte desselben steht die Nelsonsäule, auf deren Spitze die 18 Fuß hohe von Bailey gearbeitete Statue Nelsons.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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