# Christopher Wren
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Sir christopher wren PRS FRS (; 30 October 1632 [O.S. 20 October] – 8 March 1723 [O.S. 25 February]) was one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history, as well as an anatomist, astronomer, geometer, and mathematician-physicist.
He was accorded responsibility for rebuilding 52 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including what is regarded as his masterpiece, St Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, completed in 1710.The principal creative responsibility for a number of the churches is now more commonly attributed to others in his office, especially Nicholas Hawksmoor. Other notable buildings by Wren include the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Royal Naval College, Greenwich, and the south front of Hampton Court Palace.
St. Paul's Cathedral at 300: The recent refurbishment project - Martin Stancliffe
2011 is the 300th anniversary of the completion of Christopher Wren's Cathedral. This coincides with the completion of an historic £40 million programme of cleaning and repair, in which the building has been comprehensively restored inside and out.Uploaded 16-01-12Now that the final scaffolding has…
October 20 | Moments Almanac | Rebuilding
When the Fire Has Finished | October 20
What remains when everything you've worked for goes up in flames?
Three men, born on the same date centuries apart, discovered that some things are stronger than fire, tragedy, and loss.
Christopher Wren helped rebuild London's churches after the Great Fire o…
Beauty From Ashes - Isaiah 61
Maybe your life feels like a collapsed lump of clay on the wheel: a marriage, a career, a dream, or a whole season reduced to ashes. In this episode, we open Isaiah 61:1-3, the very passage Jesus chose to announce His ministry, and discover God's promise to give beauty for ashes, the oil of gladne…
The Great Fire of London
In September 1666, a spark in a Pudding Lane bakery became a firestorm that destroyed most of the old City of London in five days. How a timber city burned, why the firebreaks came too late, and how Christopher Wren rebuilt the capital in brick and stone.
A Great Fire of London Museum in an Old Public Toilet
Adam is standing outside a public toilet next to the Monument in the City of London. Except it isn't a toilet any more... It's the Monument Micro Museum, a brand new museum all about the Great Fire of London, and it might just be the smallest museum in the world.
Will, who spent three years making…
A Great Fire of London Museum in an Old Public Toilet
Adam is standing outside a public toilet next to the Monument in the City of London. Except it isn't a toilet any more... It's the Monument Micro Museum, a brand new museum all about the Great Fire of London, and it might just be the smallest museum in the world.
Will, who spent three years making…
Episode 98: The Tedworth Haunting: It Hid in the Children's Bed
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Satan, if the drummer set thee to work, give 3 knocks, and no more. The room went still, and 3 knocks came. In 1662, a magistrate in Tedworth, England, took a drum away from a wandering drummer. For more than a year after that, something in his house drummed on the roof, scratch…
Mark the storyteller: discipleship, challenge and revelation in the Gospel of Mark - Nov 2026
The Gospel of Mark — the earliest of all the Gospels — is a vivid, brisk, dynamic masterpiece. From its opening bold statement declaring the beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ to its oddly abrupt ending of the women at the tomb running away terrified, Mark’s Gospel grasps our attention and …
How London Was Rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666
Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautifulWatch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-how-london-was-rebuilt-after-the-great-fire-of-1666The Great Fire of 1666 destroyed central London. Several intrepid designers saw the rebuilding process as a…
Reading the saints: unlocking the story of sainthood in sacred art - Nov 2026
Saints were among the most recognisable figures in premodern visual culture, functioning as a shared “cast of characters” that connected viewers across regions, languages, and centuries.
Siobhán Jolley introduces the visual language associated with the saints, their dramatic lives which drove art…
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