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After 15 years and £40 million the restoration of St. Paul's Cathedral in London is finally finished and the temple has gained back its original glory. St. Paul's is one of Britain's most spectacular buildings, situated atop Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the City of London's financial district and dominated the skyline before the era of tower blocks.
To celebrate the remodel, St. Paul's launched an online photo competition. To enter all you have to do is go to London (if you are not a lucky bastard who already lives there), take a picture of the new old exterior of the cathedral and upload it on St. Paul's Flickr group. Than you can rest and enjoy life and on the 16th of July check to see if you won an exclusive edition glass vase specially made by the Venice-based firm of Salviati. The ten winning images will be displayed in the cathedral's crypt.
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St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Makeover Complete. Celebrated With Photo Competition
After 15 years and £40 million the restoration of St. Paul's Cathedral in London is finally finished and the temple has gained back its original glory. St. Paul's is one of Britain's most spectacular buildings, situated atop Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the City of London's financial district and dominated the skyline before the era of tower blocks.To celebrate the remodel, St. Paul's launched an online photo competition. To enter all you have to do is go to London (if you are not a lucky bastard who already lives there), take a picture of the new old exterior of the cathedral and upload it on St. Paul's Flickr group. Than you can rest and enjoy life and on the 16th of July check to see if you won an exclusive edition glass vase specially made by the Venice-based firm of Salviati. The ten winning images will be displayed in the cathedral's crypt.
The liberation of St. Paul's Cathedral from the ugly scaffolding luckily coincides with the 300th anniversary of the cathedral's original completion. The restoration was one of the largest and most impressive restoration projects ever undertaken in the UK. Every inch of stone, mosaic, wood and metal has been cleaned. Now the cathedral looks brand new inside out as architectural details and interior decoration were repaired and restored to their original luster. The restoration took almost half as long as it did Christopher Wren to design and build the cathedral.
Located at the end of the Millennium Bridge on the north bank of the Thames, the temple witnessed the funerals of Nelson, the Duke of Wellington and Churchill, the jubilee celebrations for Queen Victoria, the peace services for the end of both world wars, and the marriage of Prince Charles and Diana Spencer. The crypt holds the earthly remains of many famous people such as William Blake, John Constable, and of course Christopher Wren. In his later years Christopher Wren used to sit in St. Paul's and admire his masterpiece. His grave is marked by a simple plaque that reads in Latin, "Beneath lies buried the founder of this church and city, Christopher Wren, who lived more than 90 years, not for himself but for the public good. Reader, if you seek his monument, look around you."
The 300th anniversary was celebrated yesterday with a service where Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip attended.
St. Paul's Cathedral photo by The Wolf
St. Paul's Cathedral photo by The Wolf
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