can see the famous St. Paul’ s Cathedral, the
masterpiece of the well-known architect Cristopher Wren. The old building of the Cathedral was sadly in need of repair and Christopher Wren was called on to carry out repairs and alterations, but he was prevented from doing this by the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London that destroyed the old cathedral. Nearly 8 years passed after the fire before the ruins of the old building were cleared away and the new work was begun. When Wren made the start ,he picked out a stone from the heap of ruins and found on it a word in Latin which meant so he made that the first stone of the new Cathedral. That was on June 21, 1675.It took him 35 years to build the Cathedral. All that time, while doing many other things besides, he laboured at his greatest work. He was very poorly paid. He did not always get his wages. But in spite of these difficulties all was splendidly finished.
