Monument to the Great Fire of London

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. Commemorating the Great Fire of London, it stands at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill, 202 feet (61.6 m) in height and 202 feet west of the spot in Pudding Lane where the Great Fire started on 2 September 1666. Constructed between 1671 and 1677, it was built on the site of St Margaret, New Fish Street, the first church to be destroyed by the Great Fire. It is Grade I-listed and is a scheduled monument.[3] Another monument, the Golden Boy of Pye Corner, marks the point near Smithfield where the fire was stopped.

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  3. ^ Historic England. "The Monument (1193901)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 September 2015.