St Paul’s Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London, England, 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. Its dedication in honor of Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604.
The mosaics were added in the late 19th century by the artist William Blake Richmond in recognition of St Paul’s Catholic heritage and they commemorate various scenes and figures from the Bible, including the creation and the crucifixion.
Completed in 1710, the cathedral was designed in the English Baroque style by Sir Christopher Wren. The cathedral’s reconstruction was part of a major rebuilding program initiated in the aftermath of the Great Fire of London.
The tomb of Arthur, the Duke of Wellington, who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
The memorial to Admiral Lord Nelson is one of the finest works of the distinguished neo-Classical sculptor John Flaxman. The sculptor started work in 1808, three years after the naval hero’s death, and finished ten years later.
Entrance to the British Museum. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world.
The Rosetta Stone
Hoa Hakananai’a is a moai, a statue from Easter Island. It was stolen from Orongo, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) in 1868 by the crew of a British ship and is now in the British Museum in London. It has been described as a “masterpiece” and among the finest examples of Easter Island sculpture.
The Portland Vase is a Roman cameo glass vase, which is dated between AD 1 and AD 25. It is the best known piece of Roman cameo glass and has served as an inspiration to many glass and porcelain makers from about the beginning of the 18th century onwards.
High Row, Darlington, England.
The painting of “The Opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway 1825”, by Terence Cuneo, depicts the steam locomotive “Locomotion” hauling a train of passengers over the Skerne Bridge 200 years ago.
Replica of Locomotion No. 1 in the Hopetown Museum.
The Skerne Bridge is the oldest railway bridge used as such in the world.
