>>>>September 2, 1666:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London>>>>
>>>>Ongoing contemporary commentary in Samuel Pepys' diary:
http://www.pepysdiary.com/>>>
>>>Funny. Last w/e was in London and went to the top of the monument (built at site of start of fire at Pudding Lane) to commemorate the event. A beautiful cloudless blue sky and stunning panoramic view of London
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_Great_Fire_of_London>>>
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>>>Pudding Lane was very unglamorous: essentially a ramp to car parks.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudding_Lane>>
>>Interesting - I didn't realize you could enter and visit the top of the Monument, I thought it was a plain column like Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.
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>I didn't either until I saw a news report after its restoration about a year ago.
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>Did you see the panoramic view from the top too? And that was only 180 deg.
Spectacular. It's got to be one of the better views in London.
Regards. Al
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