Updated: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:52:51 GMT | By MSN Travel team
In pictures: Europe's tallest building, 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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