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Westminster Abbey (London)


www.westminster-abbey.org/

Westminster Abbey is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for British monarchs.
Westminster Abbey was built by Edward the Confessor around 1045-1050, and was later rebuilt by Henry III in 1245.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey
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In this building:
  1. Tomb of The Unknown Warrior



place comments:
34 months ago dre   +5
Truly magnificent! One of the best places to visit in the UK.That is if you're into historical places.
 27 months ago dcbryan1   +4

The gothic church Westminster Abbey in London, United Kingdom was established by Benedictine monks in the tenth century (late 900's A.D.) (and rebuilt in the 13th century by King Henry III) - since then it has evolved into both the coronation church for English royalty and the final resting place of monarchs.

Though at first Westminster Abbey was the burial place of kings, aristocrats, and monks, it soon became the tomb-of-choice (if there is such a thing) for the who’s who in England. Poets and writers like Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling, and Alfred Tennyson; as well as scientists like Sir Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and Ernest Rutherford were all interred there.
7 months ago RealManchesterMan   0
They did a good job fixing it up after the Quatermass Experiment, didn't they?
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