Kuningi okumele sihlole esontweni likaSt. Paul, esontweni elimangalisayo laseBaroque elenziwe nguSir Christopher Wren ngo-1673. Ngaphandle kwendawo evelelekayo emangcwabeni kanye ne-dome ehlabayo enezigumbi ezintathu, i-crypt yindawo yamathuna kwezinye iziqhawe ezinkulu kakhulu ezizweni I-Admiral Lord Nelson noMbusi waseWellington.
Amathuna e-St Paul's Cathedral's Crypt
I-crypt yaseSt. Paul's Cathedral yiyona enkulu kunazo zonke eYurophu.
Ungase uzibuze ukuthi isikhumbuzo sikaSky Christopher Wren siyini. Umklami omkhulu wangcwatshwa eningizimu ye-aisle empumalanga ye-crypt. Ithempeli elilula lizungezwe yiziqu eziya emndenini wakhe futhi i-epitaph ifundeka ngokuthi "Reader, uma ufuna isikhumbuzo sakhe, bheka nxazonke." U-Wren wangcwatshwa endaweni ehlonipha amathuna nezikhumbuzo zomdwebi, uSir Joshua Reynolds, umdwebi, uHenry Moore, nososayensi, u-Alexander Fleming, owathola ipenicillin.
Kukhona izikhumbuzo emgodini wezinkolo futhi phansi kule crypt. Isikhumbuzo esikhulu kunazo zonke emgumbini wezinkulu zamasonto sikaMbusi waseWellington (empeleni sithatha isikhathi esiningi ukwakha kunamasonto onke), kodwa uzothola iNkosi uNelson ebhekene noCharles Marquis Cornwallis.
Nakuba izinkondlo zingcwatshwa eWestminster Abbey , uSt. Paul's Cathedral 's Artists Corner ubingelela abadwebi kuhlanganise noVerger, Millais, neNkosi Lord Leighton.
Amanye amagama abalulekile oyothola ku-crypt afaka u-Arthur Sullivan waseGilbert no-Sullivan (eduze kwe-OBE Chapel), uSir Henry Wellcome , uFlorence Nightingale, uWilliam Blake, uLawrence wase-Arabia noGeorge Washington , kanye namathuna amakhulu namagumbi akwaWellington UNelson.
I-Nelson's Tomb ithatha indawo engcono kunazo zonke ngoba wayengumuntu wokuqala wokubaluleka kwezwe lokungcwatshwa eSt Paul's, ngakho-ke ulungile ngaphansi kwesidumbu. Isikhwama sakhe nakuba kwasekuqaleni senzelwe uCardinal Wolseley kodwa kwafakwa isitoreji iminyaka engamakhulu ambalwa lapho uWolseley engatholakalanga noHenry VIII lapho engakwazi ukuhlela ukukhishwa kwamapapa ukuze aqede umshado wakhe noCatherine waseAragon.
Isikrini se- Churchill / amasango ahlukanisa i-refectory ne-crypt ukuze ibonakale mahhala uma uvakashela i-cafe, isitolo noma izindlu zokugeza zomphakathi.
Kulabo abakhetha ukungakwenyuka ukuya emaphepheni , u-Oculus uyisibonakaliso sefilimu ehlakaniphile esingama-270-degree lapho ungase uzizwe sengathi uthatha uhambo oluzungeza i-cathedral.