View of The Shard skyscraper from road in London UK.
View of The Shard skyscraper from road in London UK. The Shard, also referred to as the Shard of Glass, Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a 95-storey skyscraper in London. Its construction began in March 2009; it was topped out on 30 March 2012 and inaugurated on 5 July 2012. It opened to the public on 1 February 2013. Standing metres (1,016 ft) high, the Shard is the tallest building in the European Union, and the second-tallest in Europe, after the Mercury City Tower in Shard is also the second-tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, after the concrete tower at the Emley Moor transmitting station.
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Location: 32 London Bridge Street, Southwark, London, UK, Great Britain, England, Europe
Photo credit: © Jan Kozelnicky / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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