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Londen - St. George's Bloomsbury

City: London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom. No less than 7.5 million people live in this City. Its history goes back to the Romans who called the city Londinium. The city was founded in the year 43 AD by the Roman emperor Claudius. Today beside being the political capital, London is also the cultural and economic centre of the country. After Tokyo, New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Paris, London has the next largest economy of the world. Bloomsbury, where the Church is built, is a district in London, in the District of Camden.

Building: The Parliament passed an 'Act or Parliament In 1711 "to which it has been decided that new churches had to be built. This church was designed by the leading English Baroque architect, Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661-1736). The Church was inaugurated in 1731. Significant renovations were carried out after 2001 and the Church was re-opened in 2006. The Church is two minutes walk from the world-famous British Museum.

Object: Our attention is drawn to the dome above the altar. Here the Tetragrammaton can be clearly seen with vowel marks. The pronunciation here is 'Jehowah "or Jehovah.

 

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