This is a list of public art in the

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, including

statue A statue is a free-standing sculpture in which the realistic, full-length figures of persons or animals are carved or cast in a durable material such as wood, metal or stone. Typical statues are life-sized or close to life-size; a sculpture t ...

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commemorative plaque A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, or in other places referred to as a historical marker, historic marker, or historic plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, typically attached to a wall, stone, or other ...

s and other

memorial A memorial is an object or place which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, tragic event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects or works of ...

s. The City of London is the historic nucleus of London as well as its modern financial centre. The

City of London Corporation The City of London Corporation, officially and legally the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, is the municipal governing body of the City of London, the historic centre of London and the location of much of the United King ...

, its municipal governing body, states that "around almost every corner in the City you will find an unusual piece of public art or a commemoration of the City's great history". This article lists the various permanent works of public art by the

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in which they are located. In the 19th century, sculpture was incorporated into major engineering schemes such as the

Victoria Embankment Victoria Embankment is part of the Thames Embankment, a road and river-walk along the north bank of the River Thames in London. It runs from the Palace of Westminster to Blackfriars Bridge in the City of London, and acts as a major thoroughfar ...

and the

Holborn Viaduct Holborn Viaduct is a road bridge in London and the name of the street which crosses it (which forms part of the A40 route). It links Holborn, via Holborn Circus, with Newgate Street, in the City of London financial district, passing ov ...

. Entrances to the City are marked by statues of dragons (often mistakenly called griffins) bearing the City's shield. The most elaborate of these is the Temple Bar Marker of 1880, which replaced a gate to the City, while two on the Victoria Embankment were originally made for the

Coal Exchange The Coal Exchange (also known as the Exchange Building) is an historic building in Cardiff, Wales. It is designed in Renaissance Revival style. Built in 1888 as the Coal and Shipping Exchange to be used as a market floor and office building for ...

building in 1849, and were repurposed as boundary markers in 1963. Since 2010, the City has hosted an annual exhibition of public sculpture, called "Sculpture in the City".

Aldersgate

Aldgate

Bassishaw

Billingsgate

Bishopsgate

Broadgate

Liverpool Street station

Bread Street

Bridge and Bridge Without

Broad Street

Candlewick

Castle Baynard

Eastern end of Fleet Street to Ludgate Circus

St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Churchyard

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Cheap

Coleman Street

Cordwainer

Cornhill

Cripplegate

Dowgate

Farringdon Within

Old Bailey

St Bartholomew-the-Great

Farringdon Without

Chancery Lane

Fetter Lane

Holborn

Smithfield

Temple and western end of Fleet Street

Victoria Embankment

Langbourn

Lime Street

Portsoken

Queenhithe

Tower

Vintry

Walbrook

Bank of England

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