05 July 2012 09:05 AM | By MSN Travel team
In pictures: Europe's tallest building, the Shard

Take a tour of the Shard

Take a tour of the Shard (© Copyright of Sellar)
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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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