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- I visited this place🇺🇸🇫🇷🇬🇷🇨🇭🇬🇧Israel15,146 contributionsPROS
* Impressive majestic column and statue, surrounded by other historical remembrances
* The central point of Trafalgar Square
CONS
* It is too tall so it is difficult to admire the sculpture of the statue
* It attracts pigeon birds
* It is crowded with tourists
“I VISITED THIS PLACE”…
… on my way to the outstanding National Gallery.
I admired the column, looked up at the statue, studying the lion sculptures and plaques and photographed the tourists also.
WAS IT WORTH THE COST?
It is free
WOULD “I VISIT THIS PLACE” AGAIN?
Sure – and again, on my way to my next visit of the National Gallery.
ADVICE
* It is important to visit and see this important national and historical monument
* Beware of crowds and birds
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“I visited this place” in order to write this review and to post many “helpful” photos. If you find these “helpful,” then please tik the thumbs up 👍Written February 7, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - HINA WIslamabad, Pakistan6,566 contributionsYou can see this obelisk on the Thames Embankment near the Golden Jubilee Bridge. It was constructed in Egypt in 1450 BC as a set of three needles. It was made for Pharaoh Thutmose III. Cleopatra’s Needle was brought to London from Alexandria, the city which welcomed Cleopatra. The second needle went to New York while the third one was is in Paris. All three were gifted to these countries by the Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali Pasha. British needle landed in London in 1878 after undergoing a rough journey at sea. In London it was exposed to WWII bombing. Before coming here it sat waiting to be transported for sixty years in Alexandria because it weighed 200 tonnes. It has Hieroglyphical writings on it. You can see two sphinxes sitting beneath it. These were cast in bronze in Pimlico in 1881. Looking at this composition you feels as if you are in Egypt.Written July 8, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- I visited this place🇺🇸🇫🇷🇬🇷🇨🇭🇬🇧Israel15,146 contributionsPROS
* The oldest statue in London- from 1633- and well preserved
* Important historical person and important historical location of Trafalgar Square
* Good detail of sculpture
CONS
* It is on a small island of a roundabout of very busy streets
* The personage does have a colorful story to be so honored in such a central location
"I VISITED THIS PLACE"...
... when I was exploring Trafalgar Square trying to see anything and everything all at the same time. This is a good and well-preserved (although certainly weathered) statue. I enjoyed studying its details.
WAS IT WORTH THE COST?
It is free
WOULD "I VISIT THIS PLACE" AGAIN?
Sure- I would return and study this sculpture in even more detail when I visit National Gallery again
ADVICE
* When you are at National Gallery, walk over to the traffic island to see this old bronze 500 year old statue
* Watch the traffic in the roundabout when getting thereWritten February 8, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - HINA WIslamabad, Pakistan6,566 contributionsThree corners of the Trafalgar Square have had permanent statues fixed on them since the 1800s. I found it very interesting that the fourth plinth was created but left empty because there were no funds left for it. The statue Ig King William IV was supposed to be installed there. So for 150 this corner had no permanent exhibit on it’s pedestal. In 1999 it was decided to put a new artwork here each year, which would make a statement. The first such piece was a statue by Mark Wallinger called ‘Eccentric Homo’. The latest piece is called the Antelope. It is the masterpiece of Samson Kambalu which tells us about the British Empire’s relationship with the Africans. It will replace the current exhibit by Heather Phillipson’s which shows a drone whirling over a blob of whipped cream. It is called ‘The End’. I liked this concept of art rotation.Written July 12, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- therichastillStevenage, UK2,768 contributionsNot sure if it's a COVID-19 thing but when I visited the horses were enclosed with a big barrier in front of them and the fountain was not working either.
Might be just because things have been alot quieter during lockdown or how it will be for the future.
Nevertheless it is an AMAZING scuplture if you get up close.Written December 5, 2020This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Alice RHobart, Australia8,217 contributionsLying within Trafalgar Square we readily saw this statue whilst on a hop on hop off bus tour and later when walking around, worthy of a few minutes of your time.Written March 18, 2020This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- andycreedukStratford-upon-Avon, UK324 contributionsFascinating, it has to be seen to be believed. If you are at Trafalgar Square, at it to the list. The smallest Police Station - hard to believe that is what it was.Written December 1, 2019This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- StephenCrossDublin, Ireland18,552 contributionsGeneral Napier dates back some years to Napoleon’s time and wars. It’s a nice cast that is constructed of bronze and on a granite pulpit.Written July 10, 2022This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- StephenCrossDublin, Ireland18,552 contributionsThe Arthur Sullivan statute is in many ways confronting and strange. Powerful depiction of a distressed situation with an odd layout on display (see photos).Written September 24, 2022This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- StephenCrossDublin, Ireland18,552 contributionsThe Robert Bur a statute always impresses me. He died very young and born in Scotland it’s fitting that his statute sits in the gardens outside the Savoy Hotel in London.Written September 24, 2022This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- macedonboyGlasgow, UK179,805 contributionsThis statue stands in tribute to Michael Faraday, one of the greatest physicists and physic experimentalist who ever lived. This bronze statue is a copy of a marble original held by the Royal Institute. It depicts Faraday wearing his scholarly robes, holding an induction coil in his left hand, standing as if giving a lecture on the topic. I enjoyed my physics lectures thanks in part to Faraday.Written October 29, 2021This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- macedonboyGlasgow, UK179,805 contributionsThe bronze equestrian statue of King George III, the third Hanoverian to be the British king and the first to be born in the United Kingdom. The statue depicts the king in military uniform, on his favourite charger, Adonis. The equine is sculpted as a spirited horse, right foreleg raised and mouth open. Lovely statue.Written October 29, 2021This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- macedonboyGlasgow, UK179,805 contributionsThis Stands in tribute to Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, a British colonial administrator best known for his administration as Commissioner of Sindh, Governor of Bombay and High Commissioner for Southern Africa when the territories were part of the British Empire. The statue depicts Frere wearing the robes of a Knight Grand Commander of the Star of India.Written October 29, 2021This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- macedonboyGlasgow, UK179,805 contributionsThis monument is to Hugh Trenchard, a British Army/Airforce officer whose efforts in establishing the Royal Air Force earned him the sobriquet Father of the Royal Air Force. The statue stands on a plinth with Trenchard dressed in full RAF uniform of (I think) Marshal of the Royal Air Force. Arranged around the plinth are the badges of the Royal Air Force, the Royal Scots Fusiliers, the Metropolitan Police, and the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. All units he served with or commanded.Written October 29, 2021This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- StephenCrossDublin, Ireland18,552 contributionsThe Robert Raikes Statute sits inside savoy park just off the banks of the river Thames. Nice statute and tribute the the founder of Sunday schools.Written June 28, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
