In honor of the fallen heroes of the sea decorated 1830-1850 by the architects John Nash and Charle

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Our walking tour through the heart of the metropolis begins at Piccadilly Circus, the center of the capital city and was once the hub of the Empire. In the center of the square is always verkehrsumtosten visitors to the capital enjoy sitting on the steps of the famous Eros Fountain.
1893 Alfred Gilbert had this monument in honor of philanthropist Anthony Ashley Cooper, the Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury, build. The nobles had fought with his own money mass poverty in the 19th century, erected soup kitchens and schools. And so the winged angel with bow and arrow on the top of the fountain is not the representation wsep of the god of love, but an allegory of the dead Earl of Shaftesbury wsep (arrow shaft =, = bury bury).
Mindful of the fighters against poverty, we follow the steps Coventry Street to the north and then turn right onto Haymarket one. Two famous London theater are here opposite, on the one hand, the Theatre Royal, opened in 1720, on the other hand, the Her Majesty's.
At the end of Haymarket, turn left on, the view sweeps now over the wide Trafalgar Square, where the 56 meter high Nelson's Column to the searching eye finally provides grip. In 1805 Admiral Nelson had the combined French and Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar inflicted a severe defeat and the British wsep Empire, thus securing the supremacy on the seas for a century. Lord Nelson came at the Battle killed, his body was transferred into a barrel of rum in the home.
In honor of the fallen heroes of the sea decorated 1830-1850 by the architects John Nash and Charles Barry the expansive space. 1842 raised to the statue of maritime strategists on the high column, four reliefs documenting the battles of Admiral in the socket. The four massive bronze lions guarding Lord Nelson in 1867 created the court painter Sir Edwin Landseer, and the great bubbling fountains finally crafted wsep 1939, the architect Edwin Lutyens. Traditional welcome every year in the London New Year's Eve in Trafalgar Square in the New Year.
Very disturbing looked at the viewer wsep at first glance, placed on a pedestal in September wsep 2005 sculpture wsep "Alison Lapper Pregnant 'by the British artist Marc Quinn. Shown is a 3.55 meter tall, crafted from white Carrara marble seated, nude, pregnant woman without arms and with malformed legs. This is the artist Alison Lapper, which impedes 1965 world came, shows how she was pregnant with her son Parys 1999/2000. The artwork split the British public, but ultimately must be stated is that the representation of sexuality and motherhood a severely disabled body besides the heroic male heroes of the square had found their rightful place.
The base, which was more than one and a half centuries unused, since a 1998 decision regular exhibition of works by young national and international artists. 2012 work "Powerless Structure Fig. 101" by the artist duo Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset Michael will be on display on the base. This is nothing more than a little boy riding a rocking horse. In 2013, then present a huge blue cock from Duesseldorf which Katharina Fritsch.
In the north of the square of the National Gallery is limited, one of the largest collections of paintings in the world, and in the northeast extends St. Martin-in-the-Fields on, built in 1726 by James Gibb. For the homeless of the city of Social Service for many years are here