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Snapshots of the City of London 2. The Church of St Giles Cripplegate and the Barbican Centre-Residential Complex
St Giles Cripplegate church as seen from the cafe in the Barbican Centre.
St Giles Cripplegate across from the Barbican Centre.
The cafe and some of the flats in the Barbican residential and theatre complex.
The exterior of Church of St Giles Cripplegate. A Saxon, followed by a Norman church were built here around AD 1090. In 1394 a medieval church was built in the English perpendicular style was built, but fires in 1594, 1897 and 1940 ('London Blitz') caused much damage to the church, which was restored in 1966 and further restoration work in 2007 (time of this photograph).
The interior of St Giles Cripplegate.
One of the stained glass windows of St Giles Cripplegate. The three panels from left to right depict (i) The Fortune Theatre, Golden Lane, (ii) Edward Alleyn 1566-1628, 'Benefactor of this Parish' and (iii) St Luke's Church, Old Street. He was the founder of Dulwich College in 1619.
Part of the old Roman-Medieval City walls of the Barbican defensive structure of 'old' London, 700-1900 years old and still standing.
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