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City monument reopens to public | City monument reopens to public |
(about 5 hours later) | |
One of London's most famous landmarks built to commemorate the Great Fire of London has reopened to the public after an 18-month restoration. | |
The Monument, in the City of London, welcomed visitors from midday on Monday following a £4.5m face-lift. | |
Restorers have cleaned and repaired its stonework and regilded its famous golden orb. | Restorers have cleaned and repaired its stonework and regilded its famous golden orb. |
The site was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke to commemorate the fire of 1666. | The site was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke to commemorate the fire of 1666. |
The fire began in a baker's house in Pudding Lane on 2 September, 1666, and was finally extinguished after burning for five days and destroying much of the city. | The fire began in a baker's house in Pudding Lane on 2 September, 1666, and was finally extinguished after burning for five days and destroying much of the city. |
Repairs to The Monument are carried out roughly every hundred years, with work last undertaken in 1888. | Repairs to The Monument are carried out roughly every hundred years, with work last undertaken in 1888. |
It is located at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill 202ft (61m) from the spot in Pudding Lane where the Great Fire is thought to have started. | It is located at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill 202ft (61m) from the spot in Pudding Lane where the Great Fire is thought to have started. |
The Monument is the tallest isolated stone column in the world, towering above the city at 202ft (61m) and has a spiral staircase with 311 steps leading to the observation platform. | The Monument is the tallest isolated stone column in the world, towering above the city at 202ft (61m) and has a spiral staircase with 311 steps leading to the observation platform. |
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