The St.Pauls Cathedral is one of the famous historical monuments in London and one with a very trouble history too. The church was dedicated to St.Paul and was first built in 604 AD. It was initially wooden and homed the first bishop who belonged to the Each Saxons. This was then destroyed due to fire and was rebuilt around 675 AD. There was much danger to the church right from the beginning both from accidents and the Vikings. The Vikings in their periodic invasions happened to destroy it in the period around 962. Every time it was destroyed it was rebuilt by the resident bishops.
St.Pauls it the third longest cathedral in the whole of Europe and took a long time to rebuild, it was occasionally renovated and new structures were added. It was destroyed again in the fire that broke out in the year 1087 and took almost 150 years for completion. The Norman building and the gothic choir were then added and final touches were given in 1240. During the Tudor period, for the purpose of the protestant sermons to be heard by masses a pulpit was attached, after which a large crowd was instigated to destroy the church. They had managed to destroy the beauty of it and the high alter. When construction restarted, it was hit by lightening once. During this time it was a hub for sellers and trade thrived.
Because of the lack of funds, the building was not able to restore back to its original glory and was eventually used by the parliamentary troops who broke the scaffolding and sold it. After a long time Charles II appointed an architect to repair the church, though work was started, the church’s bad luck continued when another fire which broke out in the same street put the church on fire too for four days and completely damaged the structure.