St Pauls Cathedral
Wren's domed masterpiece
St Paul's Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral in London, sitting atop Ludgate Hill in the City of London.
The current building, designed by Sir Christopher Wren and completed in 1710, replaced a medieval cathedral destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666.
Its distinctive dome dominates the London skyline and has served as a backdrop for state funerals, royal weddings, and national commemorations.
The name refers specifically to this London landmark, not to the many other churches dedicated to St Paul.
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- LondonEngland's capital city
- City of LondonLondon's original walled settlement
- WrenBritish architect's surname
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
bells · royal wedding · crypt · spire · church · Thames · baroque · wedding · choir · organ · church bells · stone · stone steps · gallery · whispering · steps · Christopher · fire
- KolkataKolkata, Park Street, Maidan, Salt Lake, Dum Dum
- Anglican ChurchAnglicanism, bishop, Archbishop of Canterbury, Church of England, parish
- AnglicanismBook of Common Prayer, archbishops, Archbishop of Canterbury, Canterbury, Anglicans
- OtagoDunedin, Queenstown, Cromwell, Alexandra, Clyde
- church architecturealtar, altars, nave, naves, aisle
- Anglican historyChurch of England, Anglican Church, Archbishop of Canterbury, English Reformation, Book of Common Prayer
St Pauls CathedralSt Peter's Basilica
Vatican's principal church
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