The Monument (Christopher Wren column)

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Grade I listed building commemorative column monument tourist attraction

The Monument (Christopher Wren column) is a 17th-century Doric column in the City of London designed by Sir Christopher Wren to commemorate the Great Fire of London.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Monument to the Great Fire of London	7
The Monument to the Great Fire of London	2
The Monument (Christopher Wren column) canonical	1
The Monument to the Great Fire of London (restoration and alterations)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grade I listed building ⓘ commemorative column ⓘ monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architect	Sir Christopher Wren NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Doric order NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	Christopher Wren buildings in London ⓘ Great Fire of London memorials ⓘ Monuments and memorials in London ⓘ Tourist attractions in the City of London ⓘ
coDesigner	Robert Hooke NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemorates	Great Fire of London NERFINISHED ⓘ
completionDate	1677 ⓘ
constructionEndDate	1677 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1671 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedToEvent	Great Fire of London NERFINISHED ⓘ
distanceFromFireOrigin	202 feet from the site of the bakery in Pudding Lane ⓘ
hasFlameUrn	gilded urn of fire at the top ⓘ
hasInscription	Latin inscription describing the Great Fire of London ⓘ
hasInternalStaircaseType	spiral staircase ⓘ
hasNearestUndergroundStation	Monument tube station NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNumberOfSteps	311 ⓘ
hasObservationDeck	yes ⓘ
hasPublicAccess	yes ⓘ
hasReliefSculpture	bas-relief depicting the destruction of the City of London by the Great Fire ⓘ
hasSculptorOfRelief	Caius Gabriel Cibber NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasViewingGalleryProtection	metal cage ⓘ
height	202 feet ⓘ 61.57 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed building ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	1950 ⓘ
inception	1671 ⓘ
locatedIn	City of London ⓘ England ⓘ London NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
material	Portland stone ⓘ
near	London Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Pudding Lane NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy	City of London Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
streetAddress	Fish Street Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAsScientificInstrument	yes ⓘ
usedFor	astronomical observations ⓘ gravity experiments ⓘ pendulum experiments ⓘ
wasTallestIsolatedStoneColumnAtCompletion	yes ⓘ
yearOfEventCommemorated	1666 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fish Street Hill → nearbyLandmark → The Monument (Christopher Wren column) ⓘ

The Monument → officialName → The Monument (Christopher Wren column) ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Monument to the Great Fire of London

St Clement Eastcheap church → near → The Monument (Christopher Wren column) ⓘ

subject surface form: St Clement Eastcheap