Monuments and Memorials

Just like the statues there are many of these all around London, Below are just a few with the description and picture of them.

15) Cleopatra's Needle: Presented to Britain in 1819,Picture of the memorial, Nearest station Embankment, Location turn left down the Thames and its on the right.

16) The Monument: This Commemorates the Great fire of 1666, Nearest station, The Monument, Picture of the memorial, Location just out side the entrance.

17) Golden Boy: This is where the Great fire was extinguished, the boy is a reminder to the Londoners of the Perils of excess. Nearest Station St Paul's Picture of the memorial, Location Giltspur Street, Smithfield Market.

18) The Cenotaph: The war memorial, where a Remembrance Service is held on Remembrance Sunday,  Nearest station Westminster Bridge, Picture of memorial, Location  Parliament Street, near Downing Street.

19) The Merchant Seaman Memorial: A memorial to the 24,000 men and women who lost their lives, Nearest station Tower Hill, Pictures of the memorial, Location Trinity Square.

20) To Commemorate those 125 who were executed on this site between 1388 and 1747or their faith or ideas.

Nearest station Tower Hill, Pictures  Location Trinity Square.

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