St. Paul's
Wren's famous dome
St.
Paul's refers to St.
Paul's Cathedral, the iconic domed church in London designed by Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of 1666.
The name appears in references to the building itself, its surrounding area, or the nearby Underground station: We met at St. Paul's.
St.
Paul's also names numerous other churches, schools, and institutions dedicated to the apostle Paul.
1666 catastrophic urban blaze
- 1666Seventeenth-century date
- 1710An early 1700s date
- BlitzSwift intensive attack
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
Christopher Wren · Winston Churchill · Jubilee · rebuilding · restoration · medieval · Victorian · Georgian
Rounded vault forming roof
- WrenBritish architect's surname
- naveChurch's main interior
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- whispering galleryCurved space carrying quiet sounds
choir · transept · high altar · mosaics · organ · quire · apse · Thornhill
London's river
- City of LondonLondon's original walled settlement
- Fleet StreetBritish journalism metonym
- Old BaileyEngland's chief criminal court
- BankMoney-holding institution
Monument · Tower Bridge · Blackfriars · skyline · financial district · Southwark · Tate Modern · Shakespeare's Globe
Syrian seat of government
- conversionAct of changing states
- epistlesLiterary or formal letters
- CorinthiansBiblical epistles to Greeks
- GalatiansPauline epistle recipients
Romans · missionary · New Testament · tentmaker · martyrdom · patron saint · sword · feast day
Excessively ornate or elaborate
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- columnsUpright structural shafts
- porticoColumned covered entryway
- pedimentTriangular architectural crowning element
peristyle · pilasters · balustrade · lantern · drum · Greek cross · Latin cross · classical
Great Fire of London
1666 catastrophic urban blaze
Christopher Wren · wartime · Winston Churchill · Jubilee · rebuilding · restoration · medieval · Victorian · Georgian · consecration
dome
Rounded vault forming roof
whispering gallery · choir · transept · high altar · mosaics · organ · quire · apse · Thornhill · Blitz
Thames
London's river
- City of LondonLondon's original walled settlement
- Fleet StreetBritish journalism metonym
- Old BaileyEngland's chief criminal court
Bank · Monument · Tower Bridge · Blackfriars · skyline · financial district · Southwark · Tate Modern · Shakespeare's Globe
Damascus
Syrian seat of government
- conversionAct of changing states
- epistlesLiterary or formal letters
- CorinthiansBiblical epistles to Greeks
Galatians · Romans · missionary · New Testament · tentmaker · martyrdom · patron saint · sword · feast day · iconography
baroque
Excessively ornate or elaborate
pediment · peristyle · pilasters · balustrade · lantern · drum · Greek cross · Latin cross · classical · Renaissance
- Victorian LondonLondon, Thames, Big Ben, Westminster, East End
- British SchoolsEton, Rugby, Winchester, Westminster, Shrewsbury
- Elizabethan LondonGlobe Theatre, Southwark, River Thames, Blackfriars, Shakespeare
- prep schoolsprep school, boarding school, private school, academy, convent school
- Saint HelenaJamestown, Longwood, Jacob's Ladder, gumwood, British colony
- German ChurchesLutheran Church
St. Paul'sWestminster Abbey
Historic London royal church
Canterbury Cathedral · Cologne Cathedral · Notre-Dame de Paris · Milan Cathedral · Gothic cathedral
St. Paul'sSt. Peter's Basilica
Rome's principal Catholic church
Notre-Dame · Sistine Chapel · Cologne Cathedral · Notre-Dame de Paris · Sacré-Cœur