St Paul's Cathedral was built after the Great Fire of 1666 by Sir Christopher Wren, a brilliant mathematician and engineer, who designed many famous buildings in London.
It took Sir Christopher Wren thirty-five years to finish St Paul's. When Wren died he was buried in his own magnificent building. On the floor of the cathedral, under the great dome, is an inscription dedicated to Wren. In Latin, it says Si monumentum requires circumspice. (If you seek my monument, then look around you.)
The cathedral is a hundred and ten metres high and you can climb the 627 steps up to the dome.
Inside the dome is the Whispering Gallery. If you whisper close to the wall on one side of the dome, you can be heard on the other side.
It took Sir Christopher Wren thirty-five years to finish St Paul's. When Wren died he was buried in his own magnificent building. On the floor of the cathedral, under the great dome, is an inscription dedicated to Wren. In Latin, it says Si monumentum requires circumspice. (If you seek my monument, then look around you.)
The cathedral is a hundred and ten metres high and you can climb the 627 steps up to the dome.
Inside the dome is the Whispering Gallery. If you whisper close to the wall on one side of the dome, you can be heard on the other side.
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yes I remember about Whispering Gallery....I learnt it on a course
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