Category: Churches
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Southwark Cathedral
This is a nineteenth Century church between London Bridge and Borough Market in the part of Southwark called the Borough. Please click on any picture to see each one at full size.
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St Paul’s
Built 1668 -1711 after the previous gothic cathedral had burned down in the Great Fire of London 1666. Christopher Wren was the architect. Construction started in 1675 when a classical baroque design was finally agreed with all interested parties. Nicholas Hawksmoor was employed as principal assistant from 1684. Between the inner and outer domes there…
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City Churches
The City of London still has many churches though often hidden by much larger more recent buildings. Quite a few of the churches were designed by Christopher Wren and go back to the rebuilding of the City after the Great Fire of London in 1666. St Paul’s is not included here.