A guide to the varied churches of the City of London. It details 50 churches, including many famous masterpieces by Sir Christopher Wren, the medieval St Helen Bishopsgate, the early Gothic Temple Church and England's one remaining 18th-century synagogue.
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Abridged ed of 2 Revised ed of
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68 photographs, 15 figures, glossary, indexes
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Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 118 mm
Dicke: 9 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-14-071100-4 (9780140711004)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Introduction: the Middle Ages, circa 600 to1500; dislocation and destruction - the reformation and great fire; Sir Christopher Wren and the city churches; furnishing the Wren churches; the city churches in the Georgian era; Victorian losses and transformations; the 20th century; visiting the city churches. The city churches: city churchyards; destroyed churches.