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Lloyd’s of London

    Lloyd’s building from 1986 is one of London’s most exciting and discussed modern building. Its bolded structure is designed by Richard Rogers, who also made the design for Centre Pompidou in Paris and appears like this in one "naked" construction of glass and steel with detached ventilations – and installationsshafts, cranes, steelbridges and stairs. The building is ought to be seen at night, when it’s laying in a flood of an underground green and purple light from hidden tinted source of light. It can occur ironical, that this science fictionlike building is the headquarters for one of London’s most traditionel institutions.

Monument

    The monument of Christopher Wren was consecrated in 1677 to memory about The big fire in 1666. On the inscription at the foot of the column you can read that the fire began in Pudding Lane, 61,5m from the columns base ( the column is exactly 61,5m high). The gilded bronzeurn on the top symbolizes the fire. A winding with 311 steps of ironrail lead up to a vantage point right under the urn. The vantage point has been surrounded by ironrail since the 18^th century, when many people commited suicide by throwing themselves out from the column. In clear weather you can dimly see the white chalk cliff in Kent og Sussex.