St. Pauls cathedral

• Similarities:

  Both held/holds a record (medieval/modern)

  Gothic phase (medieval)

  Hit by bombs, restored after the war (Modern)

  Memorials added (Modern)
• Differences:

  Pauls has a spire (Medieval)

  Different records (Medieval)

  Pauls was effected by the great fire of London (Civil -war)

  Pauls was neoclassical (Civil-War)

  Pauls bomb did not explode (modern)
• Medieval -

  Gothic choir added in 1313.

  Spire completed in 1314, tallest in Europe.
• Civil-War:

  1666 - destroyed in the great fire of London.

  1675-1710, neoclassical.
• Modern:

  Hit in the Battle of Britain, restored after the war

  Memorials added - American Chapel, 28,000 US stationed in the UK