The Monument, London, England by danapommet
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The Monument to the Great Fire of London, more commonly known as The Monument, is a 202 ft (61.57 meters) tall stone Roman Doric column in the City of London, England, near the northern end of London Bridge. It stands at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill, 202 ft (61.57 meters) from where the Great Fire of London started in 1666 (Pudding Lane at the shop of Thomas Farynor, the king's baker). Constructed between 1671 and 1677, it is the tallest isolated stone column in the world. The Monument consists of a fluted Doric column built of Portland stone topped with a gilded urn of fire, and was designed by Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke. The top of the Monument is reached by a narrow winding staircase of 311 steps. A cage was added in the mid-19th century at the top of the Monument to prevent people jumping off, after six people had committed suicide between 1788 and 1842.
Three sides of the base carry inscriptions in Latin. The one on the south side describes actions taken by Charles II following the fire. The one on the east describes how the Monument was started and brought to perfection, and under which mayors. The one on the north describes how the fire started, how much damage it caused, and how the fire was extinguished.
The view, from the top, is well worth the climb with views of Tower Bridge and HMS Belfast in the River Thames. Since I had come over for the 50th anniversary, the lads on the Belfast gave me the grand tour and I learned that the Belfast fired the first salvo, to start the invasion, at Normandy. There were a lot of pints raised that evening, at a pub, in a place called Southwark.
Some info from Wikipedia. May 1995 photo scanned. Zoom does not help.
Thanks for stopping by my gallery, taking a look and for all your previous favs and comments. They are very much appreciated.
Dana
Comments (29)
Cool image and great history lesson Thanks for both
WOW....Outstanding place and perspective my friend, gorgeous shot!
outstanding subject and info
A fine shot of another historic location.
Excellent capture and info! :)
cool city shot Dana and like that pov of the monument. looks scarry up there on that tier with the railing.
lot of history here. lovely shot
This is great Dana to see an American showing me a pic of England when I an English man have been showing you pics of America!!! This is a great shot and wonderful info to go with it.
Gosh, there are some grim buildings under that grey sky! Good pic!
A wonderful capture and information, dear Dana. I hope all is well. Hugs for all day. Di. xx
Amazing capture!
That is a very beautiful monument awesome pic and history.
What a lot of different types of architecture, surrounding this monument! the mind boggles - quite the concrete jungle and not a tree in sight ... sigh! but a very controversial capture and interesting image Dana - almost sepia effect. BB
it's really an contrast between this monument and all modern buildings !! great capture of this ...have seen this monument in real too !!
excellent picture
Interesting capture and image , Dana !
Wonderful shot and information!
Thanks Dana, that was very interesting, new about the fire but didn't know about the monument. Lovely capture & glad you had a good time in London :o)
Wonderful shot Dana, I used to work round the corner form Monument! Martin
Interesting image and info! Excellent capture! :)
Beautiful capture and thanks for the information Dana.
splendid image
Neat sepiatone effects and great POV and clarity in this masterful pic of the historic Monument and environs, Dana.
Very good capture!
Very interesting story :)
I have seen the monument in the year 1969. Then the surroundings were still more beautiful.
Beautiful shot and monument... cool atm here!
Awesome photo and POV!!
Excellent shot and information! I didn't know about the monument either. I read Samuel Pepys account of the fire. "I thought it far enough off, and so went back to sleep" Of course he wrote a lot more about it than that. Lovely scene, though the buildings are many variations of brown. Excellent detail and perspective. I like the reflections. I'd love to see that view!