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Description: | The current St. Paul?s Cathedral is thought to be the fourth Cathedral built on the same site since 604. The present church was built by Sir Christopher Wren to replace ?Old St. Paul?s,? which was destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666. The Church was consecrated in 1697 (more than 20 years after construction began), although not completed until 1710. The design caused some controversy as some people considered it too influenced by continental, Catholic architecture. The Cathedral survived the German Blitz without major damage, even though it was deliberately targeted in many raids. This picture is hand-coloured, and shows St. Paul?s surrounded by many of the neighbouring buildings which would be destroyed during the War. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Bishopsgate Institute | Rights holder: | London and Middlesex Archaeological Society | Subjects: | Cityscape Identity and Icons | Temporal: | c1920 | Source: | Bishopsgate Institute | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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