23 facts about the Shard. A worker looks up at the Shard.
Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP • The Shard is 309.6 metres (1,016ft) high. • The building reached its top height on 19 June. • It has 11,000 glass panels. • The area of the glass façade is 56,000 sq metres (602,779 sq ft), which equals eight football pitches. • There are 44 lifts, including double-decker lifts. • There are 306 flights of stairs. • The total floor space is 11 hectares (27 acres). Facts About The Shard: The Tallest Building in London. About The Shard: Ten Facts. It dominates London’s skyline, and any building as tall as The Shard is bound to be full of facts, trivia and record-breaking statistics.
Did you know…? 1. It’s actually the tallest building in Western Europe The Shard, at 306 metres tall, briefly held the top spot for the whole of Europe before two buildings in Moscow overtook it within a year! 2. The Shard was the setting for a Greenpeace protest in July 2013, aiming to draw attention to oil company Shell’s plans to drill for oil in the Arctic. 3. The fox, nicknamed Romeo by staff, was found on the 72nd storey and is believed to have survived on food left by construction workers. 4.
The building is named as it is modelled on a shard of glass, and its 11,000 panels have a total area of 56,000 square metres. 5. The enormous apartment is 224m high, covers two floors, has been compared in size to a seven-bedroom mansion and has a reported price tag of £50 million (US $77 million). 6. 7. 8. London landmark fact_sheets[1] Factsandfigures.pdf. Fun Kids – the children's radio station. Home » Places of Interest in London » St Pauls Cathedral St Paul’s, with its world-famous Dome, is an iconic feature of the London skyline.
A Cathedral dedicated to St Paul has overlooked the City of London since 604AD. The current Cathedral – the fourth, was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and built between 1675 and 1710 after its predecessor was destroyed in the Great Fire of London. Important events at the Cathedral have included the funerals of Lord Nelson, the Duke of Wellington and Sir Winston Churchill, Jubilee celebrations for Queen Victoria, peace services marking the end of the First and Second World Wars, the wedding of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer and, most recently, the thanksgiving services for both the Golden Jubilee and 80th Birthday of Her Majesty the Queen.
The Robot recommends to see on your visit: The Whispering Gallery runs around the interior of the Dome (and is up 259 steps from ground level). Opening times: Monday to Saturday between 08.30 – 16.00. London: St Paul's Cathedral. St Paul's Cathedral seen today was built between 1675 and 1711 by Sir Christopher Wren.
The foudation stone was laid in 1675 when Wren was 43 years old, and the last stone was put in lace by his son 35 years later. St Paul's Cathedral, London. Buildings and landmarks of London. St Paul’s Cathedral: Facts and Information. Facts About the Monument to the Great Fire of London. The Monument in London. The Monument is a 61 metre (202 feet) tall stone Roman doric column in the heart of the City of London.
It was designed by Sir Christopher Wren, and erected between 1671 and 1677, as the City's memorial to the Great Fire in 1666. The monument is the tallest single stone column in the world and contains a spiral staircase leading to a viewing platform from which you can see some remarkable views of the city. Sir Christopher Wren's flame-topped Monument The fire began in a baker's house in Pudding Lane on Sunday 2nd September 1666 and finally extinguished on Wednesday 5th September, after destroying the greater part of the City. The significance of its 61 metre (202 feet) height is the distance to the bakery on Pudding Lane that was the suspected source of the fire that destroyed the city. Viewing platform and flame.