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St Paul's, Covent Garden, widely known as the Actors' Church, is a Church of England parish church on the western side of the Covent Garden piazza in central London, with its entrance on Bedford Street. Designed by the pioneering architect Inigo Jones and completed in the 1630s as part of his planned square for the Earl of Bedford, it is celebrated as an early and influential example of classical architecture in England. The church earns its nickname from a long and close association with the t...

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