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St. Peter’s Basilica and St. Paul’s Cathedral
Throughout history, a church is a building that is used for religious activity, specifically for worship services. The typical architecture for a church usually consist of a cross. Oftentimes, the church also includes a dome or a large vaulted space. The church is typically used by Christians but it can also be used by other religion. There are various type of church. For example, there is the Basilica type, which is originally used to describe the Roman public building and it is typically located in a forum of a Roman town. In addition to that, the Basilica is usually describe as and open, roman, public court building. The first basilicas built during the early years had no religious function at all. The roman basilica was a spacious public building where people use it for business or legal matters. Another type of church is the Cathedral which is a christian church that contain the seat of the bishop, therefore serving as the central church of diocese, conference, or episcopate. Cathedral has many function. The role of the cathedral is to serve God in the community. The building symbolizes the glory of God. The two buildings being discussed and compared in this paper are St. Peter’s Basilica and St. Pauls Cathedral. I will be comparing the history, function, and architecture between these two buildings.
St. Peter’s Basilica remains one of the largest church in the world. With the height of over 400 feet tall and length of 730 feet, and the width of 500 feet. It is located on Vatican Hill. The Vatican Hill is located across the Tiber river from the traditional seven hills in Rome. Its coordinates includes 41° 54’ 8” N 12° 27’ 7” E. This church is considered one of the holiest Cathol...

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...hed the old St, Paul. In 1669, the new St. Paul was designed by Sir Christopher Wren. He had previously been put in charge of the rebuilding of churches to replace those lost in the great fire. Christopher Wren had begun advising on the repair of the old St. Pauls in 1661 The proposed work included renovations to both interior and exterior that would complement the Classical facade designed by Inigo Jones in 1630. Wren planned to replace the dilapidated tower with a dome, using the existent structure as a scaffold. He produced a drawing of the proposed dome, showing that it was at this stage at which he conceived the idea that it should span both nave and aisles at the crossing.[16] After the fire, It was at first thought possible to retain a substantial part of the old cathedral, but ultimately the entire structure was destroy in the early 1670s to start afresh.

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