{"id":208,"date":"2018-08-07T14:25:06","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T14:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/?p=208"},"modified":"2021-10-15T16:25:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T21:25:49","slug":"500-stairs-and-counting-st-pauls-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/500-stairs-and-counting-st-pauls-cathedral\/","title":{"rendered":"500 Stairs and Counting: St. Paul\u2019s Cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bloedow\u2019s Bakery is to Winona as St. Paul\u2019s Cathedral is to London. However, at first, I did not understand its importance to the city of London &#8211; after all, it doesn\u2019t even have donuts! Just like a newcomer in Winona trying a Bloedow\u2019s donut for the first time, I was astounded by the church after touring it. I learned many interesting facts that taught me not only how the church was important in history but why it is still iconic to the city.<\/p>\n<p>This church, created in 1675, has a lot of history within its walls. Here are four more reasons why you include St. Paul\u2019s on your visit to London.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Fire! Destruction!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Though St. Paul\u2019s was originally built in 604 A.D., the current church has only been around for 343 years. This is because the church has been destroyed and burnt down four times throughout the centuries. Each time, the church was rebuilt stronger and more glamourous than the last. For this reason, the church is seen as a reminder to the British people of national pride and perseverance.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-208 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/St.-Pauls-is-burning-down.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"St. Paul&#039;s church burning down.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/St.-Pauls-is-burning-down.jpg 620w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/St.-Pauls-is-burning-down-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-211'>\n\t\t\t\tSt. Paul\u2019s Church burning down in the Great Fire of 1666.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>It can help you appreciate America\u2019s separation of church and state<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>When looking at the church\u2019s detailed artwork in the dome, I first noticed that the images were not colored. I soon learned that this was due to the separation between the Church of England and the Catholic Church. According to King Charles II, who commissioned the building of the cathedral in 1668, colored paintings were seen as \u201ctoo Catholic.\u201d It was important that the church seemed as protestant as possible. King Charles II also specifically required everyone working on the construction to be protestants.<\/p>\n<p>Coming from a country that emphasizes freedom of religion, this was very surprising. It made me appreciate the ability to express myself and my beliefs in America more.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-208 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/St.-Pauls-Dome.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"St. Paul\u2019s Dome\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/St.-Pauls-Dome.jpg 590w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/St.-Pauls-Dome-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/St.-Pauls-Dome-510x382.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-212'>\n\t\t\t\tSt. Paul\u2019s Dome\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>It was used as a lookout during the London Blitz<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In World War II, the St. Paul\u2019s Cathedral was used as more than just a meeting place for the religious. At the time, this church was the tallest building in the city, so the government turned the top dome into a watch area for enemy bombers.<\/p>\n<p>We walked up the spiraling staircase in London\u2019s St. Paul\u2019s Cathedral that the bomb watchers had walked up every day &#8211; 528 steps! It was quite a hike, but the view of London from the top was incredible! All I could imagine was watching for airplanes in the air just as the patrol had done decades earlier.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-208 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/London-WWII.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"London in WWII\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/London-WWII.jpg 504w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/London-WWII-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-213'>\n\t\t\t\tLondon in WWII\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Cathedral Views:<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-208 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"990\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/Slide-Show-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"London Travel Study\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/Slide-Show-1.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/Slide-Show-1-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/Slide-Show-1-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/Slide-Show-1-1024x704.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/Slide-Show-1-1080x743.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1686\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/View.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"London Travel Study\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/View.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/View-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/View-768x899.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/View-875x1024.jpg 875w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/View-1080x1265.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1434\" height=\"943\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/Slide-Show-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"London Travel Study\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/Slide-Show-2.jpg 1434w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/Slide-Show-2-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/Slide-Show-2-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/Slide-Show-2-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/Slide-Show-2-1080x710.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1434px) 100vw, 1434px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><strong>The Cathedral was bombed and then rebuilt immediately!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Winston Churchill made a speech saying that St. Paul\u2019s \u201cmust be saved at all costs\u201d (which is exactly how I feel about my donuts). This motivated several London citizens, mainly consisting of local architects, to join together and create the St. Paul\u2019s patrol. Their voluntary job was to stay at the cathedral and make sure it was not harmed. One bomb hit the church and the patrol immediately began work to clean and restore the area.<\/p>\n<p>I found it amazing that the city took such pride in their church that they would stay there every day just to make sure nothing happened to it. What is so important in my own life that I would be so dedicated to it?<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-208 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/Blitz-St.-Pauls.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Blitz-St.-Paul&#039;s\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/Blitz-St.-Pauls.jpg 433w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/Blitz-St.-Pauls-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-217'>\n\t\t\t\tSt. Paul\u2019s Cathedral bombed during London Blitz.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>For any future travelers, I would highly suggest touring this historic and beautiful building. You will leave the city with a better understanding of why Churchill saw St. Paul\u2019s as the heart of London and how it still continues today. Although there may not be any donuts at the church, a few tube stations away you can try an amazing cotton candy and ice cream treat!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-208 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/Candy-Cone.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Candy Cone\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/Candy-Cone.jpg 648w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/Candy-Cone-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-218'>\n\t\t\t\tCookies and cream ice cream cone with cotton candy. Pictured: Angela Gifford \u201918. Photo by Kristen Carrie \u201920.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">&#8211; Emily Rutscher &#8217;19<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bloedow\u2019s Bakery is to Winona as St. Paul\u2019s Cathedral is to London. However, at first, I did not understand its importance to the city of London &#8211; after all, it doesn\u2019t even have donuts! Just like a newcomer in Winona trying a Bloedow\u2019s donut for the first time, I was astounded by the church after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24,115,80,162],"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","category-cola","category-english","category-travel","tag-london"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/St.-Pauls-Cathedral.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb2ffS-3m","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2803,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions\/2803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}