Fire Monument in the Rain
by Ross Henton
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Fire Monument in the Rain
Artist
Ross Henton
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Photograph - Photo
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The Monument to the Great Fire of London is a fluted Doric column built of Portland stone topped with a gilded urn of fire, and was designed by Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke. Its height marks its distance from the site in Pudding Lane of the shop of Thomas Farynor, the king's baker, where the Great Fire began.
Constructed between 1671 and 1677, it is the tallest isolated stone column in the world and was built on the site of St. Margaret's, Fish Street, the first church to be burnt down by the Great Fire.
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November 16th, 2013
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