“The Monument” commemorates the Great Fire of London in 1666. It is the worlds tallest free standing stone column.
The column was also originally designed as a giant telescope, with lenses at the top and bottom and a trap door in the flaming urn at the top, to view the night sky.
This photo from http://www.themonument.org.uk shows the gold flame sculpture that sits above the viewing balcony.
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Very interesting, I haven’t seen that before, the golden flame sculpture is beautiful.
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It is an special bit of London history. It’s many years since I climbed to the top, not sure what the view would be now, as it is surrounded by tall office buildings.
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Great pictures and interesting post.
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Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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