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Monument to the Great Fire of London. Coordinates: 51°30′36.5″N 0°5′9.4″W. View of the Monument, designed by Robert Hooke [1] [2] The Monument to the Great Fire of London, more commonly known simply as the Monument, is a fluted Doric column in London, England, situated near the northern end of London Bridge.
The Monument stands at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill in the City of London. It was built between 1671 and 1677 to commemorate the Great Fire of London and to celebrate the rebuilding of the City. The Monument, 1750, Sutton Nicholls.
How to get to the Monument The Monument is located at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill, 61 metres from where the Great Fire of London started in 1666. There are now many coffee shops and places to eat around this world famous attraction. When traveling to the Monument;
The Monument stands 202 feet (61 metres) in height and 202 feet (61 metres) to the west of the spot where the Great Fire started on Pudding Lane. 311 spiral steps lead up to the public viewing platform, where visitors can get breath-taking views of London from 160 feet (48.7 metres) above ground.
- The Monument To The Great Fire. The obvious place to start is the Monument to the Great Fire, immediately outside Monument underground station. The splendid free-standing column was designed by Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke to commemorate the blaze.
- Where The Great Fire Started On Pudding Lane. As any school child will tell you, the Great Fire began on Pudding Lane at the premises of the baker Thomas Farriner (or Faryner).
- The "real" location where the Great Fire started. BUT, the plaque says only that it's "near" the spot. Taking measurements from the Monument and using old maps, historians now think that Farriner's oven was just around the corner on what is now Monument Street.
- The Olde Wine Shades. Although the Great Fire destroyed almost everything in its path, here and there a building survived. Most of these are round the periphery of the fire, but there is one apparently flame-retardant premises that would have been right at the centre of the blaze.
The 1677 Monument to the Great Fire of London stands near the rebuilt London Bridge on the site of a lost church, St Margaret, New Fish Street. In addition to the physical changes to London, the Great Fire had a significant demographic, social, political, economic, and cultural impact.
The Great Fire of London FAQs | The Monument. A tragedy in the heart of the City. The Great Fire of London was arguably the greatest tragedy of its time. Remarkably just six people were officially recorded to have lost their lives, but the Great Fire rendered almost 85% of London’s population homeless.
