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Picture of the day
The
dome
at
St Paul's Cathedral
, an
Anglican
cathedral
that sits on
Ludgate Hill
at the highest point of the
City of London
. The seat of the
Bishop of London
and the
mother church
of the
Diocese of London
, the present church dates from the late 17th century and was designed in the
English Baroque
style by
Sir Christopher Wren
. It was the tallest building in London from 1710 to 1967 and remains the
second-largest church building
in area in the
United Kingdom
, after
Liverpool Cathedral
.
Photograph:
David Iliff
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