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Online Talk: Wren rebuilds London out of disaster
Join historian Janet Gough for a look at how Sir Christopher Wren rebuilt the City of London out of the Plague of 1665 and the Great Fire of 1666
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Past Event
Church historian Janet Gough uses Sir Christopher Wren’s buildings and 52 new churches and St Paul’s Cathedral to tell the incredible rebuilding of London out of the badly handled Plague and disastrous Great Fire of 1666 when like today icons of renewal and triumph were desperately needed.
This talk will be held on Zoom and all ticketholders will receive a link the morning of the event.
Header image: Wren’s geometric staircase, St Paul’s cathedral, copyright Kevin Caldwell