40-12-30 Second Great Fire of London

To the north was Paternoster Square and Paternoster Row. Historic streets that were one of the centres of the publishing industry with many thousands of books stored stored in these buildings.
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Ironically, this version of St. Paul's Cathedral was completed October 26, 1708 after the Great Fire of London (September 4, 1666) destroyed the earlier Gothic cathedral (the 4th church on the site, consecrated in 1240). By the early hours of 30 December, 1940, the devastation was plainly visible.

   

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