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St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral
, London, is an
Anglican
cathedral
, the seat of the
Bishop of London
and the
mother church
of the
Diocese of London
. It sits on
Ludgate Hill
at the highest point of the
City of London
. Its dedication to
Paul the Apostle
dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604. The present church, dating from the late 17th century, was designed in the
English Baroque
style by
Sir Christopher Wren
. Its construction, completed in Wren's lifetime, was part of a major rebuilding programme in the City after the
Great Fire of London
.
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