In a 1550 letter to a friendly bishop, Michelangelo complains that a long papal conclave has interrupted his work on the dome of St.

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To the east, behind the refulgent dome of St.

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One is the Edward Jones Dome in St.

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From the deck, tick off architectural and historical glories as you sweep past: to your right, the Monument - Sir Christopher Wren's memorial to the Great Fire of 1666 - then Wren's towering achievement, dome-hatted St Paul's Cathedral.

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Tall, yes, but they cannot lift the spirit in the same way as this graceful, massive 565-year-old masterpiece--still the largest brick-and-mortar dome in the world, eclipsing St.

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The Holy Monastery of St Nicholas houses a single-nave church with a small dome, decorated by the 16th-century Cretan painter, Theophanes the Monk.

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"It is almost at the very top of the cathedral dome, so it's an unusual view of the inside of St Paul's people seldom get to see, " says Lipinski.

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