Trafalgar Square

:For other places with the same name, see Trafalgar Square (disambiguation).

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Trafalgar Square is a square in central London that commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), a British naval victory of the Napoleonic Wars. The original name was to have been "King William the Fourth's Square", but George Ledwell Taylor suggested the name "Trafalgar Square".

Related Topics:
London - Battle of Trafalgar - 1805 - Napoleonic Wars - George Ledwell Taylor

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The area had been the site of the King's Mews since the time of Edward I. In the 1820s the Prince Regent engaged the landscape architect John Nash to redevelop the area. Nash cleared the square as part of his Charing Cross Improvement Scheme. The present architecture of the square is due to Sir Charles Barry and was completed in 1845.

Related Topics:
King's Mews - Edward I - 1820s - Prince Regent - John Nash - Charles Barry - 1845

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