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The Great Fire Monument

Monument Street, London EC2 (Monument Street and Fish Street)

This Roman Doric column with a flaming urn at the top was erected by Parliament to commemorate the Great Fire, which began on September 2, 1666 and in four days destroyed more than 80% of the City, including almost a hundred churches, most of the public buildings, and hundreds of streets with thousands of houses.

The Portland stone column is 202 feet tall, the distance east from its base to the spot where the actual fire started in Pudding Lane. 82060111

2019 RBC Solutions | Toronto, Canada | photographed: 1982 June