The Anglican Church of St. Martin in the Fields is located in the northeast corner of Trafalgar Square and, of course, is a jewel of the main square of the capital. Beautiful and impressive from the outside, it is very interesting inside.

Burial in this place there were still about 410 years, when the Romans left Britain. The first written reference to the church refers to 1222. In 1542, Henry VIII built a great temple here instead of the old, small. Local residents who did not fit in it, go to another parish by the Royal Palace of Whitehall, and Henry feared that they ENTERED to plague. When Jacob I (in 1606) expanded the temple, but by 1720 the structure fell into disrepair, and the parliament passed a law on the construction of the new church.

The project developed by the architect James Gibbs - it was one of his most significant works, which traced the obvious influence of such masters as Christopher Wren. However, individual style Gibbs manifested in the fact that the bell tower is not highlighted, like a Wren, a separate building and is integral to the building. Contemporaries sharply criticized the Church of St. Martin in the Fields. However, over time it has become a model for many Anglican churches around the world - in the US, Canada, India.

In terms of the church is rectangular, with a portico, decorated with six Corinthian columns. On the tympanum of the porch depicts the emblem of King George I, who was then an elder. Inside are placed along the main nave arcades with galleries located on the second level. Benches, galleries, wall decoration made of wood. Window to the altar of the Cross with the image formed by plastic binding lines, - the creation of the Iranian artist Shiraz Hauskhiari.

The church is very well-known personalities are buried: the famous furniture maker Thomas Chippendale (his studio was located nearby), the great chemist and physicist Robert Boyle, a botanist John Parkinson, the mistress of King Charles II and one of the first British actress Nell Gwyn.

Located in a prominent place, the church is one of the most famous Anglican cathedral in Britain. Its patron saint of the XIII century - St. Martin of Tours, bishop of Tours in the Western Roman Empire (now - in France), famed for his charity. Church and today helps the homeless and the needy, the work began in the early XX century vicar Dick Sheppard, to collaborate with the BBC on-Sea. Since then, every week on the radio out charity program, the proceeds of which go to help the homeless.

To the left of the church building is seen small glass building - the entrance to the crypt of the church, where the powerful brick vaults is a cafe. To know about its existence is useful: a cafe is a stone's throw from Trafalgar Square, the food here is excellent, and the prices do not bite: still a church.