Visit London Blog » the monument http://blog.visitlondon.com Enjoy the very best of London Thu, 23 May 2013 16:46:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 London Video of the Week: Tiny London by TheWorldsCities http://blog.visitlondon.com/2012/11/london-video-of-the-week-tiny-london-by-theworldscities/ http://blog.visitlondon.com/2012/11/london-video-of-the-week-tiny-london-by-theworldscities/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:30:58 +0000 Zoe Craig http://blog.visitlondon.com/?p=30301

This week, I wanted to share this great video from TheWorldCities, which gives some of London’s most famous locations a “toy-town” makeover.

Look out for Liverpool Street Station, the Houses of Parliament, Boris Bikes, Earl’s Court Station, Millenium Bridge, Charing Cross, Monument, Covent Garden, Piccadilly Circus and Tower Bridge as you’ve never seen them before!

Check out more London videos at youtube.com/user/VisitLondonVideo

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We love the lighting in this golden photo of The Monument by atmilinko. Did you know that you can climb all the way up to the top of the Monument and see the views over the City of London?

The Monument was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and celebrated the rebuilding of London after the great fire in 1666.

If you’ve taken a great photo showing London’s rich history, please share your photo with the Visit London Flickr group.

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The free concert is being put on by Live Music Sculpture on Saturday and Sunday, 1 and 2 October.

If you’re around this weekend, look out for five musicians, including a soprano, positioned inside the four large alcoves and at the bottom of the stairs in The Monument.

The creator of the event, Samuel Bordoli, is a multi-award winning composer and musician. He’s composing a 15-minute piece, called Monument which will be played at regular intervals throughout the two days.

Samuel said, “I had been looking to do something different with acoustics for quite some time and on visiting the Monument last year I realised it was the perfect place to develop my ideas.

“Working with the building’s acoustical properties, we will be able to create sounds and musical effects which would be impossible to achieve anywhere else. This will be a truly historical event, and Live Music Sculpture will be the first people ever to have composed music for, and perform, in this magnificent structure. This [is] the first piece of music composed for a vertical space/column, an act which, as far as we are aware, is unprecedented.”

Visit www.themonument.info to find out more about The Monument

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The sailors hanging on to the rigging at the top of this tall ship have an excellent view of London, although not quite as high as the viewing platform of The Monument in the background. The ship, photographed by Baynes Media, has passed under Tower Bridge into the upper Pool of London, next to HMS Belfast and the Tower of London.

Have you seen the sights in London this week? Don’t forget to add your photo to the Visit London Flickr group.

You can watch ships passing under Tower Bridge on our Tower Bridge Live webcam.

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Have you ever climbed The Monument? I haven’t been up there since I was about 8, but I still remember all those stairs and the amazing view from the top. The London skyline is always changing so if you haven’t been up there for years, it’s time for another trip!

Nick Garrod shared this photo of the view from the top with the Visit London Flickr pool. Don’t forget to add your photos to the group and tell us your favourite places to get a bird’s eye view of London.

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