{"id":1387,"date":"2014-11-16T07:30:17","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T07:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ierek.com\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2014-11-16T07:30:17","modified_gmt":"2014-11-16T07:30:17","slug":"anglican-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ierek.com\/news\/anglican-cathedral\/","title":{"rendered":"The Anglican cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"

St Paul’s Cathedral, London, is an\u00a0Anglican\u00a0cathedral, the seat of the\u00a0Bishop of London\u00a0and the mother church of the\u00a0Diocese of London. It sits at the top of\u00a0Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the\u00a0City of London. Its dedication to\u00a0Paul the Apostle\u00a0dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The present church, dating from the late 17th century, was designed in the\u00a0English Baroque\u00a0style by\u00a0Sir Christopher Wren. Its construction, completed within Wren’s lifetime, was part of a major rebuilding program which took place in the city after the\u00a0Great Fire of London.<\/span><\/p>\n

The cathedral is one of the most famous and most recognizable sights of London, with its dome, framed by the spires of Wren’s City churches, dominating the skyline for 300 years.\u00a0At 365 feet (111\u00a0m) high, it was the tallest building in London from 1710 to 1962, and its dome is also among the highest in the world. In terms of area, St Paul’s is the\u00a0second largest church building\u00a0in the\u00a0United Kingdom\u00a0after\u00a0Liverpool Cathedral.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>St. Paul’s is much more than a place of worship. It is a specific against grossness, brutality and despair. And to set foot into St. Paul’s is to experience that cold shock straight from the past, beauty as a genius conceived it, grace that we had forgotten.<\/span><\/p>\n

it is built in a\u00a0 restrained\u00a0Baroque\u00a0style which represents Wren’s rationalization of the traditions of English Medieval cathedrals with the inspiration of\u00a0Palladio, the Classical style of Inigo Jones, the Baroque style of 17th-century Rome, and the buildings by\u00a0Mansart\u00a0and others that he had seen in France. It is particularly in its plan that St Paul’s reveals medieval influences. Like the great Medieval cathedrals of\u00a0York\u00a0and\u00a0Winchester, St Paul’s is comparatively long for its width, and has strongly projecting transepts.<\/span><\/p>\n

It has much emphasis on its facade, which has been designed to define rather than conceal the form of the building behind it. In plan, the towers just beyond the width of the aisles as they do at\u00a0Wells Cathedral. Wren’s brother was the Bishop of Ely, and Wren was familiar with the unique octagonal lantern tower over the crossing of\u00a0Ely Cathedral\u00a0which spans the aisles as well as the central nave, unlike the central towers and domes of most churches. <\/span><\/p>\n

Wren adapted this characteristic in designing the dome of St Paul’s. \u00a0In section St Paul’s also maintains a medieval form, having the aisles much lower than the nave, and a defined clerestory.<\/span><\/p>\n

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