Its creator synthesized all his favorite architectural elements of the Continent when designing this building.
Its creator synthesized all his favorite architectural elements of the Continent when designing this building. Its transept porches were borrowed from Pietro da Cortona's porches of Santa Maria della Pace. Its towers were inspired by Borromini's Roman church of Santa Agnese. The façade was fashioned with two tiers of paired Corinthian columns like the Louvre, and above the two-story base rises a peripteral dome, a reinterpretation of Bramante's Tempietto. Redesigned after the Great Fire of 1666, FTP, identify this largest cathedral in England created by Sir Christopher Wren.
Its creator synthesized all his favorite architectural elements of the Continent when designing this building.
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