London - 03 - the Monument by CDBrugg

Photography • Architecture • posted on Jan 10, 2006

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Description

Designed by Wren and completed in 1677, The Monument commemorates the Great Fire of London of 1666. The column stands 202ft (62m) high, and is the tallest free standing stone column in the world. It is now accepted that the fire was accidentally started in Pudding Lane, by the king

Comments (14)

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Zacko

8:26AM | Tue, 10 January 2006

Quite the history lesson. Kudos to you. I rarely even bother finding out the name of the place or subject im shooting, lol. Is that really a column??? I would have guessed a wall or something....IT`S HUGE! Beautiful capture. Enjoy your day. #:O)

BertDes

8:30AM | Tue, 10 January 2006

Impressive monument. Excellent.

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oscilis

8:38AM | Tue, 10 January 2006

I've never seen this! Interesting photo and I like the framing.

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DELMUR

8:54AM | Tue, 10 January 2006

jamais vu un truc pareil!! super intessant et en plus une belle image.

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rayburg

8:58AM | Tue, 10 January 2006

I wonder if they had a movie rating system back then ..with all the bare breasted women it would have been rated R...lol... You did a fantastic job capturing the details of this monument...It really is a great piece of art..

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TwoPynts

9:49AM | Tue, 10 January 2006

Interesting history for this monolithic monument. B&W is the perfect choice to present it in. What a great range of tones. Too bad about the blown highlights, but that doesn't bother me much.

camera2

10:35AM | Tue, 10 January 2006

Thank you for sharing with us your travels to England and a bit of a history lesson too.

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Valentin

10:48AM | Tue, 10 January 2006

Very impressive contrast between the ancient monument and new architecture... Thanks for sharing this interesting pic of histori with us !!

bluliner35

10:53AM | Tue, 10 January 2006

Neal Stephenson's quicksilver trilogy deals with the fire at one point, and a great deal of london's politics from that era. It was an incredible time, great minds and great upheavals, amazing intrigue and constant pressure from the french and the dutch. What an amazing history london boasts. And now, i understand, they've added an enormous swiss dildo to the architectural mix.

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