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Christopher Wren and Architecture of St. Paul’s Cathedral

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Christopher Wren and Architectureof st. paul's cathedral

By Ishika,Rochelle, vaiga,Isam, Nyla, zayaan

start

index

1. Collage of events

4. Timeline

2. Quote

5. Thanks

3. About Christopher Wren

The hand that wrote a page, built a city

- Herbert Marshall Mcluhan

Who is Christopher wren

Sir Christopher Wren was born on October 20th 1632 and died on Febuary 25th 1723. He was awarded . Wren was knighted on 14 November 1673. This honour was bestowed on him after his resignation from the Savilian chair in Oxford. He has a Piece of mercury named after him.

A photo of Christopher Wren

About st.paul's

In the 1660s Christopher Wren was enlisted to survey and repair the cathedral, but it was destroyed in the Great Fire of London (1666) before work could begin. Wren subsequently designed and oversaw the construction of the present cathedral, which was built mainly of Portland stone.

The old st.paul's before the great fire (Built By the NORMANS)

About the architecture

St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grade I listed building.

Isam

Charles II was set to be king

some of the recap

Charles II wanted to fix the st.paul's because it was in bad shape

He called up on Christopher Wren. he was a architect

he went to Paris to get some Ideas for the design.

Nyla

He return to England

Zayaan

He was planning to demolish the old st. paul's

Then the Great fire came and it was time to show christopher's skills

Then he built the new st.paul's catherdral with the ideas he had when he was travalling

thanks!