{"id":927,"date":"2015-07-23T18:19:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T17:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gwenrhys.com\/?page_id=927"},"modified":"2017-09-28T08:37:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T07:37:09","slug":"about-the-city-of-london","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gwenrhys.com\/index.php\/about-the-city-of-london\/","title":{"rendered":"About the City of London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"932\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gwenrhys.com\/index.php\/about-the-city-of-london\/logo-city-of-london_med_hr\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gwenrhys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/logo-city-of-london_med_hr.png?fit=84%2C116&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"84,116\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"logo-city-of-london_med_hr\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gwenrhys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/logo-city-of-london_med_hr.png?fit=84%2C116&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gwenrhys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/logo-city-of-london_med_hr.png?fit=84%2C116&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-932\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gwenrhys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/logo-city-of-london_med_hr.png?resize=84%2C116\" alt=\"logo-city-of-london_med_hr\" width=\"84\" height=\"116\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The City of London, the Square Mile, is a unique place &#8211; 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