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1STI – SEMAINE DU 25 AU 29 MAI

UNIT : THE CITY

Recap : say what you know about London in the past and London’s challenges for the future

Document : SAINT PAUL’S CATHEDRAL – Book p. 120

Read the text page 120

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THE CONTEXT OF THE FIRE

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Write a short text to sum up what you have learnt about St Paul’s Cathedral fire

or answer the following questions :

1 – Why did the fire spead across the city ?

The fire is spread in the bakery.Because of the oven a bakery who burnt a flour sack

2 - Was Wren’s plan accepted ? What was he able to do ?

His plan wasn’t accepted, the city traders and householders didn’t allow him to create a whole new London, and yet, he managed to leave his mark on London in the rebuilding of 51 churches, including Saint Paul’s cathedral.

3 - Why was St Paul’s Cathedral different from other Cathedrals ?

Because the cathedral has a symetry and mathematical precision making she is beautiful.In the cathedral is interred the first death at the age of 91 years.

4 – Did St Paul’s survive the bombings during World War II ?

Yes, it did, “the fire warden who doused fires that could have destroyed it every night during the Blitz. […] the cathedral, like Britain, survived.

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