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St Paul's Cathedral: Then and Now

Old St Paul's, the medieval Gothic cathedral, burned in the Great Fire of 1666; Christopher Wren's domed cathedral replaced it and was declared complete in 1711.

Before
St Paul's Cathedral, before
Wenceslas Hollar, Old St Paul's with its spire (17th century). see file page, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Today
St Paul's Cathedral, today
Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Key facts

Country todayUnited Kingdom
StatusRebuilt
Date1711
Nearest city on the mapLondon (about 2 km)
Location51.514° N, -0.098° E
Map showing St Paul's Cathedral in 1700St Paul's Cathedral
Border map for 1700. See Europe in 1700.

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Who ruled this place

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–401 BCUnclaimed / no data
400 BC–2 BCCelts
1 BC–99Unclaimed / no data
100–299Roman Empire
300–399Rome (Constantinus)
400–499Western Roman Empire
500–599Anglo-Saxons
600–799Cantia
800–999Essex
1000–1199England
1200–1299Angevin Empire
1300–1491English territory
1492–1599England
1600–1782England and Ireland
1783–1814United Kingdom
1815–1937United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1938–todayUnited Kingdom

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