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St Paul's Cathedral from the south

St. Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican church in Central London, England. It was started in 604. The man who started the building was called Mellitas. He was Bishop of the East Saxons.

In 962 and 1087 the cathedral burnt down and was built again. Before today's version of the cathedral there were four others but they also burnt down. Today's cathedral is made of limestone and it was built after the Great Fire of London in 1666.

Its architect was Sir Christopher Wren, who designed a further 50 churches. St Paul's is a popular tourist attraction and is still used as a church today.


Images for kids

  • Millennium Bridge rup11

    St Paul's illuminated, with the Millennium Bridge in the foreground

  • St Pauls Cathedral in 1896

    St Paul's Cathedral in 1896

  • London, The Thames on Lord Mayor's Day, Antonio Canaletto

    The River Thames With St. Paul's Cathedral on Lord Mayor's Day (Canaletto, 1746, Prague, Lobkowicz Collections)

  • Boats on theThames

    St Paul's, seen across the River Thames, 1850

  • Air Raid Damage in Britain during the Second World War HU36220A

    The iconic St Paul's Survives taken on 29 December 1940 of St Paul's during the Blitz

  • Operation Banner Service Held at St Pauls Cathedral in 2008 MOD 45151837

    St Paul's during a special service in 2008

  • St Pauls Picturesque England Laura Valentine 1891

    Plan

  • St Paul's Cathedral Dome from One New Change - Square Crop

    The dome

  • St Pauls Cathedral West Front

    St Pauls Cathedral West Front Dome Street View

  • St Pauls Cathedral from West adj

    West Front

  • St Paul's Cathedral, London, England - Jan 2010 edit

    St Paul's from the south-east with the tower of the destroyed Church of St Augustine to the right.

  • Tomb of Horatio Nelson on Saint-Paul Cathedral

    Sarcophagus of Nelson in the crypt

  • St Pauls Max Gill

    A 1913 memorial by Max Gill commemorating those who were buried or memorialised in Old St. Paul's Cathedral.

  • South west tower of St Paul's Cathedral

    The south-west tower

  • St Paul's cross, London, England, GB, IMG 5127 edit

    Gilt statue of Saint Paul at the top of St Paul's Cross in the cathedral precinct

  • St Paul's old. From Francis Bond, Early Christian Architecture. Last book 1913.

    Reconstructed image of Old St Paul's before 1561, with intact spire

  • St pauls altar

    360° view of the interior near the High Altar.

  • 18th century view of St Paul's by J.M. Mueller

    18th century engraving of St Paul's from the north-west by J. M. Mueller

  • St Paul's by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (early 19th century)

    19th century coloured engraving from the south-west by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd

  • Edward Angelo Goodall04

    Romantic 19th century engraving of St Paul's in the evening after rain by Edward Angelo Goodall

  • John O'Connor - Ludgate, Evening - 1887

    Oil painting, John O'Connor, Evening on Ludgate Hill (1887) St Paul's looms beyond St Martin's.

  • Canaletto london

    St Paul's from Richmond House by the Venetian painter Canaletto (1747)

  • Antonio Joli Prospect of London

    St Paul's viewed from a loggia (c. 1748) by Antonio Joli who also worked in Venice.

  • Ernest Dade - St Paul's from the River

    An Impressionist view of St Paul's from the River by Ernest Dade (before 1936)

  • Frederick Edward Joseph Goff St Paul's from Bankside

    St Paul's from Bankside, a watercolour by Frederick E. J. Goff (before 1931)

  • Nulli Secundus I over St Paul's IWM RAE-O 1069

    An airship, Nulli Secundus, circling St Paul's on a flight from Farnborough to London (1907)

  • Battle of britain air observer

    A member of the Royal Observer Corps on watch during the Battle of Britain (1940)

  • Geometric staircase, St. Paul's Cathedral

    The geometric staircase appears in several films including Sherlock Holmes (2009)


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