Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square . H Nelson's Column lions, haven London's pigeons until recent introduction hired birds py. I recently attracted controversy 'Fourth plinth', previously empty, being temporarily M Q sculpture, 'Alison Lapper Pregnant'. Overlooked y National Gallery, ' nearest London 'center', recently pedestrianized.

Trafalgar Square square London, England commemorates Battle Trafalgar (1805), British naval victory Napoleonic W. T original "King William Fourth's Square", George Ledwell Taylor suggested "Trafalgar Square".

T northern square King's M since Edward I, while southern original Charing Cross, where Strand Cy Whitehall, coming north Westminster. A midpoint between these cities, Charing Cross y considered heart London, which distances today measured.

I 1820s Prince Regent engaged landscape architect J N redevelop . N cleared square p Charing Cross Improvement Scheme. T present architecture square S Charles Barry completed 1845.

T square, popular political demonstrations, Nelson's Column other statues sculptures .

T Pigeons

T square popular tourist p London, particularly famous pigeons (R Pigeons). Feeding pigeons popular activity Londoners tourists. T National Portrait Gallery displays 1948 photograph Elizabeth Taylor posing there mobbed y birds. T desirability birds' presence g contentious: their droppings gy buildings damage stonework, flock, estimated p 35,000, considered health hazard. I 1996, police arrested estimated trapped 1,500 birds middleman; assumed birds ended p human chain.

I 2000, square controversially terminated other measures introduced discourage pigeons, including trained falcons. Supporters birds, including S Trafalgar Square Pigeons, tourists continued birds, , 2003, K Livingstone enacted byelaws feeding pigeons within square. O 10 September 2007 byelaws secured sealing outright feeding birds square. There relatively birds Trafalgar Square festivals hired companies, y feasible 1990s.