3. Saint Paul’s Cathedral.
The St Paul’s
Cathedral is located at
the top of Ludgate Hill,
the highest part of the
City of London. St
Paul’s Cathedral is one
of the most visited
places by the tourists
in London it is the seat
of the Bishop and the
cathedral of the
Dioceses of London.
4. History.
The Saint Paul’s Cathedral was
built between 1676 and 1710. It
was designed by the architect
Christopher Wren, onto an old and
medieval cathedral’s ruins that it
burnt in 1666. The first Church in
this site was built in 604. St Paul’s
Cathedral has a baroque design. It
is dedicated to Paul the Apostle.
Saint Paul’s plan.
5. James Thornhill painted
scenes from the life of St
Paul at the dome,
Grinling Gibbons carved
the Choir’s wood and the
organ and another people
decorated the cathedral
later. The choir’s mosaic
shows the Genesis. It
was made by Stevens,
Watts, Britten and
Richmond at the end of
the nineteenth century.
His dome is the second
biggest in the world then
of the Saint Peter’s
Basilica.
6. Crypt and dome.
In the crypt are buried
important people as
Lord Nelson (soldier),
Wellington (soldier and
politician), Lawrence
de Arabia (soldier,
archaeologist and
writer) and Fleming
(scientist). You can visit
the crypt. You can also
go up the huge dome.
Since here you can
have a very good sight
of London whole.
Saint Paul’s crypt
7. There are some
important events as the
royal weddings (the
prince Charles and the
princess Diana),
funerals of important
national figures and
many
commemorations.
Saint Paul’s dome.
8. THE
LONDON
EYE
The London also called Millenium
wheel was completed of build in
2000 and each year since its
opening have visited more than
three million people. And actually
is the third highest treadmill in the
world.
9. Capsules like
this
The London Eye have
thirty-two capsules and if
you want to upload at
one, you must pay
fifteen pounds, in euros
are about seventeen.
11. The park is divided in two by
the Serpentine.
Hyde Park
covers 142
hectares (350
acres) and
Kensington
Gardens covers
111 hectares The park is
(275 acres), contiguous
giving an overall with
area of 253 Kensington
hectares (625 Gardens
acres), though
smaller than New
York City's
Central Park
(341 ha/843
acres)
