Monument to the Great Fire of London

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Monument to the Great Fire of London

Summary

Monument to the Great Fire of London is a memorial column[1]. It draws 720 Wikipedia views per month (memorial_column category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Monument to the Great Fire of London is the creator of Caius Gabriel Cibber[3].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London is located in City of London[4].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London's instance of is recorded as memorial column[6].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London's architect is recorded as Christopher Wren[7].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London's architect is recorded as Robert Hooke[8].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London's genre is public art[9].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London's architectural style is recorded as Doric order[10].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London is made of Portland limestone[11].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London's Commons category is recorded as The Monument to the Great Fire of London[12].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London's commemorates is recorded as Great Fire of London[13].
  • 1677 marks the founding of Monument to the Great Fire of London[14].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London's OS grid reference is recorded as TQ3292380760[15].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.51013888888889, 'lon': -0.08594444444444443}[16].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London's significant event is recorded as start of construction[17].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London's official website is recorded as http://www.themonument.org.uk/[18].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London's described at URL is recorded as http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/england/london/wrenmonument/wren.html[19].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London's heritage designation is recorded as Grade I listed building[21].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[22].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'The Monument to the Great Fire of London'}[23].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London's has characteristic is recorded as Doric order[24].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London's has characteristic is recorded as fluting[25].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Monument to the Great Fire of London'}[26].
  • Monument to the Great Fire of London's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+61'}[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Monument to the Great Fire of London is the creator of Caius Gabriel Cibber[3].

Publication

Monument to the Great Fire of London's genre is public art[9].

Material and Period

Monument to the Great Fire of London is made of Portland limestone[11].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Monument to the Great Fire of London include Bank and Monument stations[28], a London Underground station[29], in United Kingdom[30].

Why It Matters

Monument to the Great Fire of London draws 720 Wikipedia views per month (memorial_column category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for it include Bank and Monument stations[28], a London Underground station[29], in United Kingdom[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Heritage designation Grade I listed building, scheduled monument
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    Category for the view from the item Category:Views from The Monument to the Great Fire of London
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007415869005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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