Luminaire St Paul’s Cathedral and the Millennium Bridge are illuminated during the twilight hours by thousands of little lights lining the length of the bridge. The Bridge famous for being destroyed by Death Eaters in the Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince movie, spans the width of the River Thames, running from the Tate Modern on it’s Southern Side, allowing a short walk to St Paul’s on it’s Northern Side. Despite being named after the Millennium and initially opening in June 2000, it wasn’t until 2002 that the bridge was fully completed, it originally swayed side to side whenever there was heavy footfall, which required 18 months worth of re-working to counteract this. The bridge allows access to many of London’s most famous landmarks and tourist attractions, including the Tate, the Tate Modern, The Globe Theatre & the City of London School, the latter of which can be seen to the left of the bridge.St Paul’s Cathedral has dominated London’s skyline for over three hundred years, and as such has become not only much loved, but also massively famous. The most famous aspect of the Cathedral is undoubtedly its huge domed roof, as seen above. The famous dome almost wasn’t built, as Sir Christopher Wren’s sketches at the time showed a large pagoda like squire. However, when the King William III decreed that Wren could make some ‘Ornamental Changes’, many of which where made as construction progressed, the most significant of these was the dome which was inspired both by St Peter’s Basilica in Rome and the Val-de-Grâce Military Hospital in Paris. . The Cathedral is 518ft (158m) long, and 365ft (111m) high, a height which, made the cathedral, until 1962, the tallest building in London.

Luminaire

St Paul’s Cathedral and the Millennium Bridge are illuminated during the twilight hours by thousands of little lights lining the length of the bridge. The Bridge famous for being destroyed by Death Eaters in the Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince movie, spans the width of the River Thames, running from the Tate Modern on it’s Southern Side, allowing a short walk to St Paul’s on it’s Northern Side. Despite being named after the Millennium and initially opening in June 2000, it wasn’t until 2002 that the bridge was fully completed, it originally swayed side to side whenever there was heavy footfall, which required 18 months worth of re-working to counteract this. The bridge allows access to many of London’s most famous landmarks and tourist attractions, including the Tate, the Tate Modern, The Globe Theatre & the City of London School, the latter of which can be seen to the left of the bridge.

St Paul’s Cathedral has dominated London’s skyline for over three hundred years, and as such has become not only much loved, but also massively famous. The most famous aspect of the Cathedral is undoubtedly its huge domed roof, as seen above. The famous dome almost wasn’t built, as Sir Christopher Wren’s sketches at the time showed a large pagoda like squire. However, when the King William III decreed that Wren could make some ‘Ornamental Changes’, many of which where made as construction progressed, the most significant of these was the dome which was inspired both by St Peter’s Basilica in Rome and the Val-de-Grâce Military Hospital in Paris. . The Cathedral is 518ft (158m) long, and 365ft (111m) high, a height which, made the cathedral, until 1962, the tallest building in London.

549 notes
Posted on Sunday, 30 September
Tagged as: street lights long exposure city lights skyline submission
Next Post Previous Post
  1. chamomeeeelle reblogged this from kianarama
  2. kianarama reblogged this from fuckyeahstreetlights
  3. customisedcolours reblogged this from forgottenwanderlust
  4. to-thebeautiful-you reblogged this from destroyed-h0pes
  5. burninmymind reblogged this from xanthein
  6. angel-of-lovee reblogged this from tomorrow-is-only-a-mystery
  7. my-own-secret-life reblogged this from tomorrow-is-only-a-mystery
  8. eli-jauh reblogged this from forgottenwanderlust
  9. tomorrow-is-only-a-mystery reblogged this from city-in-shadows
  10. nimbarto reblogged this from forgottenwanderlust
  11. xforeverandreax reblogged this from forgottenwanderlust
  12. forgottenwanderlust reblogged this from ehehe
  13. city-in-shadows reblogged this from tr3-flip
  14. psychedeliclights reblogged this from -fuckthisscene
  15. amy-tizzle-97 reblogged this from -fuckthisscene
  16. assandtittie-s reblogged this from tr3-flip
  17. tr3-flip reblogged this from ehehe and added:
    Active city and lights blog!
  18. therealenglishrose reblogged this from luminscence and added:
    Ma flat on the river x
  19. ohhitspaloma-xoxo reblogged this from prostitw4t
  20. prostitw4t reblogged this from whalecookies
  21. xanthein reblogged this from whalecookies
  22. whalecookies reblogged this from luminscence
  23. luminscence reblogged this from fearment and added:
    .
  24. damaaster reblogged this from fearment
  25. wonderful-nothings reblogged this from soontobeperfect
  26. myuhe reblogged this from fearment
  27. 2umble-up0n reblogged this from ehehe
  28. nostalgialiving reblogged this from lolwtfanna
  29. mycrazyandbeautiful-life reblogged this from escritora-da-sala
  30. loveallhatenone reblogged this from lolwtfanna
  31. escritora-da-sala reblogged this from new-york-awaits
  32. new-york-awaits reblogged this from juicykissesxo
  33. forever-and-infinity reblogged this from ehehe
  34. dcdomino reblogged this from ehehe