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Aerial view of St Paul’s Cathedral and its great dome among City of London buildings.
An aerial view. Photo: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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St Paul’s Cathedral

Sir Christopher Wren’s domed cathedral, completed in 1710 after the Great Fire of London; seat of the Bishop of London.

Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Building
Cathedral (diocesan see)
Tradition
Anglican (Church of England)
Religious use
In use as the cathedral of the Diocese of London.
Official website
St Paul’s Cathedral

Map Building location: Apple Maps · Google Maps — the building, not a confirmed visitor entrance.

Its dome has dominated the City of London’s skyline for over three hundred years; it was London’s tallest building from 1710 to 1963. It has held the funerals of Nelson, Wellington and Churchill.

In the Atlas

Each paragraph says whether it is documented history, a tradition handed down, or disputed.

  • Documented

    A cathedral church dedicated to Paul the Apostle was founded on the site in 604.

  • Documented

    The medieval cathedral, Old St Paul’s, was largely destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666. The present English Baroque building by Sir Christopher Wren was completed in 1710.

Reference draft. The statements were checked against the general reference sources below, read in a build session (Wikipedia at a recorded revision, and Wikidata). They have not yet been checked against scholarly or primary sources.

  • Reference work · Read in a build session

    St Paul's Cathedral — Wikipedia (English)

    Read on 28 Oct 2026 at revision 1379870427, fetched by the research workflow (research/fetched/places/st-pauls-cathedral/wikipedia.txt). A general reference work, not a scholarly source; the statements here were checked against it.

  • Reference work · Read in a build session

    Wikidata item Q173882 (St Paul's Cathedral) — Wikidata

    Read on 28 Oct 2026: instance of, religion, diocese, coordinates and official website.