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Monument

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Commemorating the "dreadful visitation" of the Great Fire of 1666, this is the world's tallest isolated stone column. It is the work of Sir Christopher Wren and Dr. Robert Hooke, who were asked to erect it "on or as neere unto the place where the said Fire soe unhappily began as conveniently may be." And so here it is—at 202 feet, exactly as tall as the distance it stands from Farriner's baking house in Pudding Lane, where the fire started. The Monument reopened in February 2009 after a two-year restoration project.

  • Cost: £2
  • Open: Daily 9:30-5:30, last admission 5
  • Tube: Monument
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