The Square

Trafalgar Square . . .

lies in central London and is owned by the Queen in Right of the Crown. It was one of my favorite areas. Really beautiful.

This tree, given annually since 1947 by the city of Oslo, Norway, is in appreciation to the people of London for their assistance during the years 1940-1945.

Both times we visited the Square, it was dark or almost dark so my pictures are, well, a bit dark.

The square is named for the Battle of Trafalgar, a British victory in the Napoleonic Wars. You can see St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church (center). In the foreground is Nelson's Column built to commemorate the death of Admiral Horatio Nelson in the Battle of Trafalgar.

That's the National Gallery in the background. When the square was first built in 1845, the primary purpose of these fountains was not aesthetics, but to reduce the open space available for assembly and possible rioting. They're quite aesthetic too.