Great Fire of London - Wikipedia
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OverviewLondon in the 1660sDevelopment of the fireDeaths and destructionReactionRebuildingImpactSee alsoBy the 1660s, London was by far the largest city in Britain and the third largest in the Western world, estimated at 300,000 to 400,000 inhabitants. John Evelyn, contrasting London to the Baroque magnificence of Paris in 1659, called it a "wooden, northern, and inartificial congestion of Houses". By "inartificial", Evelyn meant unplanned and makeshift, the result of organic growth and unregulated urban sprawl. London had been a Roman settlement for four centuries and had bec… Published: Jan 12, 2023
Published: Jan 12, 2023
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