St. Paul´s Cathedral, London

I visited this wonderful place many years ago when I was about 7 years old and my dad and I climbed up as far as the famous Whispering Gallery. We did not go right up to the top as mom was waiting for us at ground level – she’s not too good with climbs and heights! I had always wanted to return to complete the climb but had never got round to it until recently. I had made a list of all the things that I wanted to do during my lifetime ...
...top of St Paul’s Cathedral. A friend of mine lives in London and I went to stay with him for a weekend so that I could get to a work seminar near Tower Bridge early on Monday morning. As a surprise he took me on a trip to St Paul’s Cathedral and climbed with me to the top, even though he’s not very keen on heights either! St Paul’s Cathedral is situated just north of the River Thames in Central London within yards of the ...

SusanLesley 16.08.2001 · Read full review
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St Paul`s Cathedral is one of London`s most awe-inspiring sights.Its dome is the third largest in the world and its graceful bulk is an important feature of the City skyline. The building also manages to communicate a sense of serenity,most notably in the famous of the dome untouched but wreathed in the smoke and flames of the blitz. Wren`s original design for rebuilding St Paul`s was based on High Renaissance ideas,but it was considored too Italiante ...
...a traditional sanctuary rather than Wren`s Greek cross design.Wren adapted the plans,but kept the dome which gives the cathedral such a wonderfully uplifting atmosphere. On entering the church it is natural to head for the crossing beneath the dome,through whose windows a strangely ambiguous golden light is filtered.In the pavement below it very centre is a memorial to Wren,composed by his son,which reads"Si monumentum requiris,circumspice"(if you ...

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One factor about London that seemed lacking for quite some time was the fact that there was nowhere to go to look over the city and take in the views. Was it that there was nowhere to go, or was it no one knew where to go? Let me tell you the places to go(not that I’m the only one who knows, but I’m just making you aware of their existence if you didn’t know already). ~~ The Monument ~~ ~~ History ~~ The Monument was built in 1671 to 1677 as part ...
...Fire in 1666 that burnt the city to the ground. The Monument, designed by Christopher Wren who also designed St Paul’s Cathedral, stands 202 feet high with exactly 311 steps to the platform at 133 feet. Why the 311 steps is of any significance, I don’t know. If anything, it makes climbing this tower sound a daunting task. Going up is the one thing, going down is quite another. As building finished in 1677, lifts are an obvious omission. Yet, we can’t ...

Kingswood 11.04.2003 · Read full review
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Welcome to the house of god, but you'll have to pay to get in! St Paul’s is very attractive. This is where Princess Diana wed Price Charles, there was another wedding here at 2.30 this afternoon & they were playing the organ pipes at the time. The floor is of black/white tiles, there’s long queue’s to enter, a & each tourist is given a ticket & guide map. We went to the vault where the café is. It’s down a long flight of stairs & was unusually warm ...
...prices for the café are good, £4.95 a meal. There’s a salad selection & small table’s to sit at. There’s tombs here of Nelson, Wellington & a plaque to Florence Nightingale. The shop is interesting with things for chocolates, books about the cathedral & London, velvet scarves for £40 & tree decorations for Christmas times. In the cathedral is a commemorative inscription to the famous artist Turner, put up by his brothers. We saw the Whispering Gallery, ...

Aura2 04.02.2005 · Read full review
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I recently went to St Pauls and was appalled to see staff demanding a hefty fee to visit the house of God. So, if you feel like just sitting under the dome for a few minutes contemplation, you are made to feel like you should pay up. I just wanted to pray for a minute, but felt too embarrassed to ask for special permission to pass the turnstile for free. Whatever next ? cash machines under the dome ? It all sits badly with the idea of a church ...

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