Temple Bar London

Beautiful open square. Wonderful stone benches. Amazing view.

This landmark of London is the old ceremonial entrance into of western London. Strictly speaking, Temple Bar refers to a notional barrier, but is commonly used to refer to the Christopher Wren designed, 17th-century ornamental Baroque arched gateway.

A very interesting historic landmark that you can see next to St. Paul's Cathedral is the old Temple Bar built by Sir Christopher Wren, which was reassembled and relocated to the entrance at Paternoster Square next to St. Paul's in 2004. Wren's Temple Bar is the only surviving gateway to The City, of which there were originally eight. King Charles II commissioned the structure shortly after the Great Fire of 1666. Wren then build the beautiful, marble arched passageway between 1669-1672. Wr...

Interesting and impressive monument as many know relocated to its present position. I would like to go into the part above the gate way

Interesting historical monument, located next to St Pauls Cathedral