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Wooden Sculpture of London Burns to Mark 350th Great Fire Anniversary

posted by n1 on Monday September 05 2016, @09:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the shouting-fire-in-a-catherdral dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956

Flames once again licked the historic buildings of Britain's capital as a wooden replica of 17th century London went up in smoke to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London.

The Great Fire began at a baker's shop in Pudding Lane in the early hours of Sept. 2, 1666, and spread rapidly through the wooden structures of the old city.

[...] The old, medieval St Paul's Cathedral was completely destroyed by the fire, and then rebuilt in its present form following the designs of architect Christopher Wren.

The wooden replica was designed by American artist David Best and built by unemployed young Londoners over several months.

Source: Reuters

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by deadstick on Tuesday September 06 2016, @03:24AM

    by deadstick (5110) on Tuesday September 06 2016, @03:24AM (#397961)

    They have about 45 years to build another, older one, and have a 2000th anniversary reenactment of Boudicca burning it down...

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