The grand view from the Whispering Gallery at St Paul’s Cathedral can from today be enjoyed online without having to climb 259 steps to get there.
Virtual visitors can digitally walk through large parts of the City landmark in ultra-high resolution using an indoor version of Google Street View, as part of a partnership between the cathedral and search giant.
The Google Cultural Institute project has also made available for closer examination more than 100 exhibits and details from Sir Christopher Wren’s masterpiece, including Sir William Blake Richmond’s mosaics, original design sketches, images from the Blitz and Sir Christopher’s scale model.
The Rev Canon Mark Oakley, chancellor of St Paul’s, said: “Cathedrals are not always built and decorated in such a way that we get the close-up look. The Street View project does exactly this for St Paul’s.
"This is another attempt to try to make St Paul’s less a fortress of faith than a resource for the soul and to do this for everyone, whatever their physical ability, both now and in the future.”
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