Arriving once again to a very crowded Trafalgar Square we could see Nelson lit up by a searchlight.

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The Mall leads from the palace to Trafalgar Square , where the towering Nelson's Column is flanked by huge bronze lions.

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He kept his main home in Britain where just recently he had been campaigning to have a statue of Nelson Mandela erected in Trafalgar Square.

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Later this year Trafalgar One, a development of five apartments, will become the only residential address on Trafalgar Square, with views of landmarks like Nelson's Column and the National Gallery.

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At the top is a new restaurant which offers visitors one of the greatest panoramas of London, past the pepperpot dome of the National Gallery, over Lord Nelson's shoulder in Trafalgar Square and on to the Palace of Westminster.

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The cast will be performing in an arena as big as Trafalgar Square at heights of 145ft - the height of Nelson's Column.

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It then moves down Fleet Street, past Aldwych and into The Strand before reaching Trafalgar Square, where there will be a big screen at the bottom of Nelson's Column showing proceedings with live commentary.

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