- As an icon of the London skyline, St Paul’s Cathedral has proudly looked over the city for hundreds of years. Designed by prolific architect Sir Christopher Wren...
- The dome at St Paul’s is the second biggest in the world, behind only that of St Peter’s in Rome. The lantern that sits on top of the dome weighs in at 850 tonnes.
- St Paul’s is the only cathedral to have been designed, built and completed by a single architect. It took 35 years to build, 1675–1710.
- The fourth St Paul's (known as Old St Paul's, a 19th-century coinage, or the pre-Great Fire St Paul's) was begun by the Normans after the 1087 fire.
- The dome of St Paul's Cathedral is the second biggest dome in the world, after St Peter's in Rome.
- St. Paul’s Cathedral in London is one of the iconic buildings in the city. The purpose of this essay is to discuss the architecture of the cathedral.
- The dome is still one of the highest in the world. St Paul's is the second-largest church building in area in the United Kingdom, after Liverpool 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 new St Paul’s Cathedral is now a Grade 1 listed building and was designed by the famous architect Sir Christopher Wren (Born 30 October, 1632).