The bronze monument was unveiled at Exchange Flags Square, behind Liverpool Town Hall, in October 1813. It was designed by Matthew Coates Wyatt and sculpted by Richard Westmacott.<br /><br />Admiral Horatio Nelson was killed while leading the English navy to victory against French Napoleonic forces at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and this monument commemorates Nelson as a great English hero.<br />#liverpool #thenelsonmonument<br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1CbqSN2xJA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1CbqSN2xJA</a>