A summary of 2012 in the magazine _Current Archaeology_ of my research into the site and buildings of St Paul's Cathedral in London, from Roman times to the Great Fire of London in 1666. (It was popularly rumoured that a Roman temple of Diana was built on the site, but there is no evidence for this.) Construction work on the cathedral began after a 1087 fire and finshed in 1314.
Wren was familiar with contemporary Renaissance and Baroque trend… What you actually saw on passing through Jones’s’ marble flanked doors, was the Medieval cathedral, an amalgam of largely 13th-century pointed arches and tracery in the Gothic nave and transepts but with residual round-headed Romanesque features from the Norman cathedral of 1087—1190. Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings Designs in Iron of the City of Tehran The main focus is on excavations and observations between 1969 and 2006, but discoveries dating from the time of Wren himself are included. They are among the very few representations of Elizabethan Londoners (though not necessarily from life) which remain today.Schofield’s work also allows a major development in our understanding of Inigo Jones’s restoration of the church in 1633-41.

Die St.-Pauls-Kathedrale gehört zu den größten der Welt. The cathedral that took its place is neither as wide, nor as long, but its construction, and its deep crypt, have obliterated most of the remains of earlier cathedrals on the site, leaving archaeologists to piece together the appearance of the Medieval cathedral from the occasional block of stratigraphy surviving below ground or the odd piece of Medieval masonry excavated from the churchyard or reused, jumbled, and often recut in the crypt of Wren’s St Paul’s.New finds do turn up from time to time, and one of the most recent comes from one of the most incongruous features of the old cathedral. The timber spire, encased in lead, rose as high again. Every… Kay Andrews, Paddy Pugh and Joyce Bridges on a guided tour. Read about our current news, projects, campaigns, listing work and keep up with the latest applied research and historic environment’s hot topics. Not so in 17th-century England when Sir Christopher Wren, Surveyor General to the Crown, was given the task of rebuilding London and the great cathedral at its heart after the Great Fire that destroyed so much of the Medieval City between 2 September and 5 September 1666. -- This is a comprehensive account of the archaeology and history of the cathedral and its churchyard from Roman times up to We use cookies to give you the best possible experience online. This is a summary of my _St Paul See our extensive range of expert advice to help you care for and protect historic places. During the time it was constructed, the cathedral’s architecture changed from Romanesque to Gothic. Find out about services offered by Historic England for funding, planning, education and research, as well as training and skill development.

During the 16th century, the cathedral began to decay and during the early 17th century, a west front was adde…

Neben der Westminster Abbey gilt sie außerdem als die bekannteste Kirche der britischen Hauptstadt. Februar 1722jul./ 8. Bexhill, East Sussex. Find out about listed buildings and other protected sites, and search the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Christopher Wren, designer, astronomer, and the greatest English architect of his time.