Monument to the Great Fire of London
The Monument to the Great Fire of London, more commonly known simply as the Monument, is a fluted Doric column in London, England, situated near the northern end of London Bridge.
- Type: Monument
- Description: monument in the City of London
- Also known as: “the Monument”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include London Bridge and The Tower of London.
London Bridge
The name "London Bridge" refers to several historical crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London since Roman times. London Bridge is situated 870 feet southwest of Monument to the Great Fire of London.
The Tower of London
Bank and Monument stations
Metro station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aldgate and Bankside.
Aldgate
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Bankside
Quarter
Bankside is an area of London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. Bankside is located on the southern bank of the River Thames, 1.5 miles east of Charing Cross, running from a little west of Blackfriars Bridge to just a short distance before London Bridge at St Mary Overie Dock.
Monument to the Great Fire of London
- Category: memorial column
- Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.51014° or 51° 30′ 37″ north
Longitude
-0.08594° or 0° 5′ 9″ west
Elevation
95 feet (29 metres)
Open location code
9C3XGW67+3J
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Monument to the Great Fire of London” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نصب حريق لندن الكبير”
- Armenian: “Մոնումենտ”
- Azerbaijani: “Monument”
- Basque: “Londresko Sute Handiaren monumentoa”
- Basque: “Londresko Sute Handiaren monumentua”
- Catalan: “Monument al Gran Foc de Londres”
- Cebuano: “Monument to the Great Fire of London”
- Chinese: “伦敦大火纪念碑”
- Czech: “Památník Velkého požáru Londýna”
- Dutch: “Monument (Londen)”
- Dutch: “Monument”
- Esperanto: “Monumento al la granda incendio de Londono”
- Finnish: “The Monument”
- French: “monument au Grand incendie de Londres”
- French: “Monument au Grand incendie de Londres”
- German: “Monument”
- German: “The Monument to the Great Fire of London”
- Hebrew: “האנדרטה לשרפה הגדולה של לונדון”
- Italian: “Monumento al grande incendio di Londra”
- Japanese: “キング・ウィリアム・ストリート駅”
- Japanese: “シティ&サウスロンドン鉄道”
- Japanese: “ロンドン大火のモニュメント”
- Japanese: “ロンドン大火記念塔”
- Korean: “런던 대화재 기념비”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Monument to the Great Fire of London”
- Norwegian: “Monument to the Great Fire of London”
- Persian: “یادبود آتشسوزی بزرگ لندن”
- Polish: “Monument to the Great Fire of London”
- Portuguese: “Monumento ao Grande Incêndio de Londres”
- Russian: “Монумент”
- Serbian: “Споменик Великом пожару у Лондону”
- Spanish: “Monumento al gran incendio de Londres”
- Spanish: “Monumento al Gran Incendio de Londres”
- Swedish: “Monument to the Great Fire of London”
- Swedish: “The Monument”
- Turkish: “The Monument”
- Ukrainian: “Монумент (Лондон)”
- Ukrainian: “Монумент”
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