The interior of one of London's most renowned (landmarks), St Paul's cathedral, has been given a multi-million pound facelift.

St Paul's, a site of Christian worship (since) 607 AD, has been obscured by scaffolding for the last four years during the 10.8 million pound renovation.

On Thursday its gleaming new look was unveiled, a key stage in an (overall) 40 million pound renovation of architect Sir Christopher Wren's masterpiece in time for its 300th anniversary in 2008.

"People can now see this building as it was first (conceived) and built," the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral Dr John Moses told Reuters.

"I think just to see a building that's been (part of) the story of London for 300 years looking today, cleaned, revived, restored and looking its best, is fabulous."

Restorers cleaned thousands of metres of stonework, erecting and dismantling scaffolding before daybreak throughout the four (years) so as not to disturb the cathedral's day-to-day worship.

Dulled mosaics were cleaned with cotton buds, and a latex-based "facemask" was applied to the stonework and its centuries of London smog, (although) one panel was left so visitors can see the difference.

"It had the effect of making the place gloomy when it shouldn't have been," architect Martin Stancliff said of the grime. "It absorbed (light) rather than reflected it."

Banker Robin Fleming funded the work on the interior but Sir Roger Gibbs, (chairman) of the fundraising committee, stressed that more cash is still needed to complete external work.

Of the 40 million pounds needed, 33 million has been raised so far.

The old St Paul's was destroyed in the great Fire of London in 1666. Wren was commissioned to design the current building (shortly) afterwards.

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