Trafalgar Square HDR and texture

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the famous TMobile Trafalgar square singalong

some TS facts

1. Nelson’s Column, built to commemorate Admiral Nelson, who was killed during his victorious battle against Napoleon’s navy off Trafalgar in Spain in 1805.
2. On October 21st each year a service is held to commemorate Nelson.
3. Norway always sends a huge Christmas tree that stands in the square, as a token of gratitude for Britain’s help during the Second World war.
4. Trafalgar Square is also the centre of
London’s New Year’s celebrations when thousands of party goers herald in the New Year.
5. Trafalgar Square is a square in central London, England. With its position in the heart of London, it is a tourist attraction.
6. It is one of the most famous squares in the United Kingdom and the world.
7. Nelson’s Column, which is guarded by four lion statues at its base.
8. The name commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), a British naval victory of the Napoleonic Wars. The original name was to have been "King William the Fourth’s Square.
9. Trafalgar Square is owned by the Queen in Right of the Crown, and managed by the Greater London Authority.
10. Trafalgar Square ranks as the fourth most popular tourist attraction on Earth with more than fifteen million visitors a year.
11. The square used to be famous for its feral pigeons, and feeding them was a popular activity with Londoners and tourists.
12. The National Portrait Gallery displays a 1948 photograph of Elizabeth Taylor posing there with bird seed so as to be mobbed by birds.
13. There has been a Christmas ceremony at Trafalgar Square every year since 1947.
14. The square was also scene to a large vigil held shortly after the terrorist bombings in London on Thursday, 7 July 2005
15. Trafalgar Square is popularly used in films to suggest a generic London location.
16. The day after Michael Jackson’s death, crowds gathered at Trafalgar Square for a mass moonwalk in his memory.
17. On 30 April 2009, an estimated 13,500 people visited the square between 6:00 and 7:00 pm to a mass sing-a-long, organised by telephone company T-Mobile, to co-opt individuals as part of a commercial advertisement.

Posted by .^.Blanksy on 2011-04-23 21:45:47

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