London
Millennium Bridge & Gherkin
THE GHERKIN The 6th tallest skyscraper of London, 30th St Mary Axe, better known as the Gherkin (due to its phallic shape), was completed in 2004 following the destruction of the Baltic Exchange Building on the City of London site after an IRA bombing in 1992. During the construction of the building, the grave of a teenage Roman girl was uncovered on the historically charged site. The grave was reinserted in its original place at the base on completion of the tower.
Ref:
D_PE349_1766
Date:
Location:
St Mary Axe, London, UK
Photographer:
© John F Russell 2011
Millennium Bridge & Gherkin
THE GHERKIN The 6th tallest skyscraper of London, 30th St Mary Axe, better known as the Gherkin (due to its phallic shape), was completed in 2004 following the destruction of the Baltic Exchange Building on the City of London site after an IRA bombing in 1992. During the construction of the building, the grave of a teenage Roman girl was uncovered on the historically charged site. The grave was reinserted in its original place at the base on completion of the tower.
Ref:
D_PE349_1766
Date:
Location:
St Mary Axe, London, UK
Photographer:
© John F Russell 2011
Millennium Bridge & Gherkin
THE GHERKIN The 6th tallest skyscraper of London, 30th St Mary Axe, better known as the Gherkin (due to its phallic shape), was completed in 2004 following the destruction of the Baltic Exchange Building on the City of London site after an IRA bombing in 1992. During the construction of the building, the grave of a teenage Roman girl was uncovered on the historically charged site. The grave was reinserted in its original place at the base on completion of the tower.
Ref:
D_PE349_1766
Date:
Location:
St Mary Axe, London, UK
Photographer:
© John F Russell 2011
