The Millennium Dome is a huge metal tent lying on a bend of
the Thames near Greenwich. It was opened to the public on 1st January 2000,
amidst much media grumbling.
It was commissioned by the Government as one of London’s
millennium projects – along with the London Eye and Jubilee Line extension.
It is the largest single-roofed building in the world,
measuring 3,280 feet in circumference – tall enough to accommodate Nelson’s
Column standing upright, or the Eiffel Tower on its side.
