St Paul's Cathedral
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Anglican Cathedral of St. Paul, located in Calcutta, West Bengal, is a part of the Church of North India - United Church, which is part of the international Anglican Communion.

The cathedral is one of the most interesting sights of Calcutta, along with the Victoria Memorial and Birla Planetarium. Construction of the cathedral began in 1839 on the orders of Bishop Daniel Wilson. It lasted eight years, and was completed only in 1847. The main architect made a military engineer Major William Nairn Forbes. He, together with SK Robinson has developed a draft of the temple, which resembled the cathedral in the town of Norwich (Norwich), England.

Magnificent snow-white building, made in neo-Gothic style, which was extremely popular during the time of British rule in India, can not fail to attract attention. It is a structure of more than 75 meters high, a width of about 25 meters. Its height of the tower is 61 meters. The main hall of the cathedral is rectangular, with a high vaulted ceiling decorated with graceful arches. Carved wooden chairs and benches are on both sides of the room, and the windows located on the western wall, decorated with magnificent stained glass windows. The eastern wall is completely covered with the amazing beauty of the Florentine frescoes. Additionally, other walls of the building are painted floral patterns and floral ornaments, and there are paintings depicting scenes and life of the Apostle Paul.

In the underground room is the tomb of Bishop Wilson, who was the initiator of the temple.

Outside the Cathedral of Saint Paul is surrounded by a small garden, which has recently been undeveloped special playground for meditation.

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St Paul's Cathedral
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