Trafalgar Square, Barbados
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Trafalgar Square (now "National Heroes Square") is located in the capital and principal commercial centre Bridgetown, on the island-nation of Barbados. Trafalgar Square lies along Upper Broad Street and is on the northern shore of the Careenage("Constitution River"), found directly in the centre of Bridgetown.
A fixture of the Square on the west-end includes a bronze statue of Admiral Lord Nelson overlooking the Square. The statue in Bridgetown was erected unveiled on March 22. 1813 to commemorate the anniversary of the British Royal Navy's victory in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The local statue of Lord Nelson in Bridgetown was erected approximately 27 years before the more famous Nelson's Column which is located in London, England's Trafalgar Square.
The current name (National Heroes Square) was finally adopted on April 22, 1999.
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- Photo appears to be from atop of the Treasury Building.
