Aerial photo of the most remarkable and world-renowned symbols of London, 'Tower Bridge' over the river Thames (built from 1886 until 1894) and the newly constructed 'The Shard' (completed in April 2012), which with its 309.6 meters (1,016 feet) is the tallest structure in Western Europe, offering 360-degree views of the capital. The skyscraper Shard (Shard of Glass, Shard London Bridge or the London Bridge Tower), filled with high quality offices, upmarket restaurants, a 5-star hotel with more than 200 rooms and super prime residential apartments, which looks like a slice of glass, was designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano and financed by the Qatar government.