- Whether you’re planning a visit, researching, or just curious about this amazing church, we have everything you need to know about St Paul’s Cathedral.
- St. Paul's Cathedral was built between 1675 and 1710, following the destruction of the previous cathedral in the Great Fire of London in 1666.
- The third St Paul’s (known as Old St Paul’s), was begun by the Normans aftered the late Saxon cathedral suffered in a fire of 1087.
- St Paul's Cathedral is open from Monday to Saturday, from 8.30am (9.30am for the dome) to 4.30pm. Sundays are dedicated to religious activities.
- The interior of St. Paul's, like the exterior, is dominated by its great Dome, which crowns the intersection of the cathedral.
- When the St. Paul's was completed, during the reign of Queen Anne, it was the first English cathedral to be built after the English Reformation.
- St Paul’s Cathedral is a colossal cross-shaped church, with striking decoration, especially its beautiful ceilings decorated with frescos.
- St Paul’s Cathedral is an elegant late 17th-century Anglican cathedral in London designed by Sir Christopher Wren in English Baroque style.
- In 1665 Christopher Wren designed a plan for the renovation of the St. Paul’s Cathedral, which was starting to fall into decay.
- A Roman temple to Diana may once have stood on the site, but the first Christian cathedral there was dedicated to St. Paul in ad 604