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This monument to Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson is on Calton Hill in Edinburgh. He won the day at the Battle of Trafalgar but lost his life to injuries sustained in the heat of battle, 21 October 1805. Under his direction, British ships of the line crushed the combined French and Spanish armadas, establishing Britain's rule of the seas for a century.

Architect Robert Burn designed the monument in the shape of a telescope.