About St.Paul’s Cathedral

St. Paul’s Cathedral is located in Newgate Street, London,  north shore of the River Thames in London with New Zealand, Ji Qian Street inclination Department, representatives of Baroque-style architecture, with its spectacular dome is known, is the world’s second largest dome of the church, its imitation of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome was the British representative of classical architecture.

St. Paul’s Cathedral was established as early as 604, the latter after repeated damage, reconstruction, from the famous British designers and architects Sir Christopher Wren in the 17 century to complete the design of London’s great churches, It took a full 45 years of hard work. St. Paul’s church, the other architectural features, is a small number of design and construction were completed by one person alone, rather than after a number of designs, one of the architects of the church, at present the church there is a tombstone Lane, a letter to “If you seek his monument , just look around “.

Plane for the Latin church, cross, longitudinal axis of 156.9 meters, 69.3 meters horizontal axis. Cross the top of the Chu has two circular colonnade consisting of a high drum seat, which is a huge dome diameter of 34 meters, 111 meters above the ground. The upper part of the church at the main entrance of the word wall, carved with St. Paul to Damascus missionary picture, top of the wall stood like a stone in Sao Paulo, the whole building appeared to be very symmetrical and majestic. Built at both ends of the front pair of buildings known as the Clock Tower, northwest corner of the bell tower of the church with the bell inside the southwest corner of the tower crane has a large bronze bell weighing 17 tons. There are square columns support the church’s vaulted hall, around the magnificent impose heavy color painting, windows embedded colored glass, walls hung with Jesus, Virgin Mary and the Apostles huge murals. Choir seats engraver carpentry, Temple Hall and Dean residence on the spiral staircase, exquisite metal work, all reflect the year the level of high artistic and decorative. There is also the church princes, generals, famous graves and monuments, such as the two 11th century Saxon king, Wellington generals, Rennes architect’s grave.

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