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The Monument to the Great Fire of London, commonly referred to as The Monument for short, is a 61-metre-high pillar-shaped structure located in the City of London.
The monument was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke to commemorate the Great Fire of London in 1666, which reduced much of the city to ashes. It stands at a point 61 metres away from where the 1666 fire broke out in Pudding Lane. At the time of its construction, between 1671 and 1677, it was the tallest freestanding stone monument of this form in the world.
It consists of a Doric column, built of Portland stone, with a gilded urn of fire on top. The monument is open to the public. A narrow spiral staircase of 311 steps can be used to reach the top, from where there is an impressive view over the City. In the 19th century, a provision was made to prevent people from jumping off the tower, after six people committed suicide this way between 1788 and 1842.
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