Lord Nelson Statue - Bridgetown

One of the oldest statutes of the Nelson Older as the one in london A reception of the place at the western end includes a bronze statue of the British naval hero Vize Admiral Horatio, Lord Nelson. The statue in Bridgetown was on 22. March 1813 built to commemorate the anniversary of the victory of the British Royal Navy in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The local statue of Lord Nelson in Bridgetown was built about 27 years before the most famous Nelson's Column in London, which serves as the center of Trafalgar Square. The statue of Nelson often serves as a geographical center of Bridgetown. Since the colonial period, many distances on the island of Bridgetown have been historically measured by the base of Nelson's statue, so that the statue as Barbados' Mile zero works. The use of the Bajan Nelson statue as a centering point can be differentiated from the London statue: in the British capital, while the Trafalgar Square is acutely adjacent to the historic and geographical center of London, this is actually directly in the east in the Charing Cross], so that the monument serving as London's exact center is not from Nelson, but from Queen Eleanor of Castille.

The hotel is located in Bridgetown with many places to sit and rest. Great taxi here. Begin Broad Street in the immediate vicinity, Broad Street is the main shopping area in Bridgetown with many small air-conditioned shopping malls. Good area at the statue to take photos.

Large epic statue, fairly well preserved it is a symbol of Barbados. The statue is old the sisters from London or Birmingham.

Nice area in the centre of Bridgetown, just by the waterside.

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