Monument to the Great Fire of London
Towering Doric column marking where the Great Fire of London began, with a golden urn and panoramic city views.
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This guide to the Monument in London opens on the night the Great Fire began in 1666, then turns to Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke, who hid more than a memorial in the column: a laboratory and an ambitious scientific instrument. It also traces a later controversy, when politicians rewrote the story of who was to blame for the fire. Look for traces of that dispute in the words carved into the base.
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