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St Paul's Cathedral [Explore]
St Paul's Cathedral [Explore]

St Paul's Cathedral seen from the Tate Modern.

Suddenly I have decided to include a photo of St Paul's (reversing an earlier idea that the world didn't need another photo of the London landmark).

While the site's origins are lost to history, the first Bishop of London was consecrated here in 604, although he fled pagan succession in 616. After Viking destruction the third church on the site was built in 962 and King Ethelred the Unready was buried here, although his tomb was lost in another fire in 1087. The cathedral was restored by the Normans and, after further fires, completed in 1314, when it became a focal point for life in the city.

Catherine of Aragon, later the first wife of Henry VIII, married the English heir Prince Arthur at St Paul's.

Burnt down in the 1666 Great Fire of London, Christopher Wren was officially appointed architect to St Paul's rebuild in 1673, some years after his work had actually started. The cathedral was completed in 1711.

It has hosted many events since including Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1897, the funerals of Admiral Lord Nelson in 1806 and Winston Churchill in 1965 and the marriage of King Charles III and Diana in 1981. Last year (2023) St Paul's hosted its first techno concert, by Australian artist Ry X, with the London Contemporary Orchestra for 2,000 people.

Interestingly what is perhaps England's most recognisable building is not a world heritage site.

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Taken on: November 24, 2018
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