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Top 10 Monuments & Statues in City of London, England
The crown jewels, Buckingham Palace, Camden Market…in London, history collides with art, fashion, food, and good British ale. A perfect day is different for everyone: culture aficionados shouldn't miss the Tate Modern and the Royal Opera House. If you love fashion, Oxford Street has shopping galore. For foodies, cream tea at Harrod’s or crispy fish from a proper chippy offers classic London flavor. Music and book buffs will love seeing Abbey Road and the Sherlock Holmes Museum (at 221B Baker Street, of course).
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1. Fur Das Kind Memorial - Liverpool Street Station
2. National Submarine War Memorial
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5.0 based on 5 reviews
Reviewed By therichastill - Stevenage, United Kingdom
The National Submarine Memorial is located on the Victoria Embankment right next to the River Thames so that is appropriate. There are a number of anchors on the side of the monument which is good to see and it is excellent that the people who went under the sea to protect us are remembered.
3. Statue Of City Worker Hailing Cab
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By 968nicholash - London, United Kingdom
This modern statue sculpted by the American, John Seward Johnson II and erected in 1983 is a refreshing change from the stiff and inhibited monuments to kings, soldiers and politicians you find all over London. It has energy and movement in keeping with the subject. Well worth a trip to the Embankment to see this.
4. Paul Julius Reuter
5. The Paternoster Column
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By Travelling_SE_Asia - St. Albans, United Kingdom
The name comes from the medieval street on this site, Paternoster Row. After the Great Fire of London wiped out the multitude of shops in Paternoster Square, the Stationers returned making it the heart of London’s printing and publishing trade before Fleet Street took over. Now owned by Mitsubishi, the square has been completely revamped and lots of additional art pieces (such as the Paternoster Vents) in addition to the beautifyul column.
6. Seven Ages of Man Sculpture
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By futtock21 - London, United Kingdom
The Seven Ages of Man Sculpture could not be situated in a bleaker corner of the City of London in a raised bunker surrounded by the brutalist concrete of a semi-derelict building in Queen Victoria Street. The work of Richard Kindersley and unveiled in 1980 it is made of aluminium and 22 feet high it has seven heads on a pedestal each corresponding to one of the seven ages of man described in Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’ Act 2, Scene 7 from the mewling and puking baby to the geriatric sans eyes and teeth each head tilted a few degrees away from its predecessor. Shakespeare’s verses are inscribed upon the pedestal. It reminds me that it is the last Shakespearean remnant in the immediate vicinity following the closure of the Mermaid Theatre closer to Blackfriars Bridge now used primarily as a conference centre. It underlined the indestructibility of Shakespeare’s verse which may well outlive the statue which looks likely to outlive the quite appalling architecture around it.
7. John Donne Monument
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By Andrew081 - St. Albans, United Kingdom
Situated in garden to the south of St Paul’s cathedral is this bronze statue to John Donne (1572-1631): one of England’s foremost poets and priests, and a Dean of St Paul's. John Donne was born just yards away in Bread Street and is buried in St Paul's Cathedral. Underneath the bust is inscribed the Donne text: “Hence isn’t, that I am carried towards the West, This day, when my Soul's form bends to the East” John Donne coined the phrases ‘No man is an island’ and ‘For whom the bell tolls’.
8. Two Lovers statue
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By futtock21 - London, United Kingdom
This is a bronze statue depicting a young couple both naked seated side by side. The girl has her arms wrapped around the man’s waist and he has his left arm around her stomach with his hand under her left armpit. Situated in the area known as Festival Gardens between Cannon Street and New Change immediately south of St. Paul’s Cathedral it is the work of sculptor Georg Ehrlich and was unveiled in 1973.
9. The Monument to the Great Fire of London
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4.5 based on 2,257 reviews
A permanent reminder of the Great Fire of 1666, the Monument commemorates one of the most famous events in London's history. Standing regally on the piazza between Fish Street Hill and Monument Street, the 202ft column designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Dr Robert Hooke, celebrates the City which rose from the ashes. The Monument invites you to climb its 311 spiral steps and enjoy one of the best views over the City.
Reviewed By LeahT352 - Roslyn, United States
I’m London born and bred, having visited most of the important London landmarks as a child but had never climbed Monument. Today I did with my children and I’m so glad to have done so! There’s a teeny, tiny ticket office at the base with a very small unsecured (leave your valuables at home or stick them in your pockets as you’re not able to take bags up) area for backpacks/bags. Then it’s onwards and upwards of 311 steps to the top. The steps are shallow and even, easy to climb. If you need to take a breather en route to the summit, there are window recesses at intervals. The stairs get narrower the higher you go, making it slightly tricky when people coming down pass by. The view from the viewing platform is your reward for the climb and it’s well worth the effort, esp as the day we visited afforded us clear blue skies. I loved it! Oh, you get a certificate on your way out to say you made it to the top of Monument!
10. Golden Boy of Pye Corner
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4.5 based on 13 reviews
Reviewed By HolidaymakerfromHove - Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
Visited as part of a walking tour in the area. You could easily miss this marker/ memorial to where the great fire of London ended. Recommended. Worth a look if you are in the area.
