Thu, 05 Jul 2012 09:05:14 GMT | By MSN Travel team
In pictures: Europe's tallest building, the Shard

Take a tour of the Shard

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Apparently, the first plans for the Shard were sketched out on a napkin in a Berlin restaurant in 2000. Thirteen years on, Shard London Bridge, which is the work of Italian architect Renzo Piano, is officially the tallest building in Europe, with a total height of 310 metres.

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Nostradameus
Jul 22, 2012 4:15AM
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After the tallest building gets build the next thing that will happen is a Major Recession. Watch for it. This prediction never fails.
Ivy Chai Ching Hsia
Jul 22, 2012 3:45AM
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It does look like Mordor, and Saruman's Tower, somehow :P
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