5/5 Tamim M. 3 years ago on Google
I
didn't
go
inside
of
the
Westminster
Abbey,
but
walked
around
it
and
it
really
looked
magnificent
from
the
outside.
With
a
history
that
goes
back
more
than
a
thousand
years
really
fascinated
me
about
this
glorious
building.
Westminster
Abbey,
formally
titled
the
Collegiate
Church
of
Saint
Peter
at
Westminster,
is
a
large,
mainly
Gothic
abbey
church
in
the
City
of
Westminster,
London,
England,
just
to
the
west
of
the
Palace
of
Westminster.
It
is
one
of
the
United
Kingdom's
most
notable
religious
buildings
and
the
traditional
place
of
coronation
and
a
burial
site
for
English
and,
later,
British
monarchs.
The
building
itself
was
a
Benedictine
monastic
church
until
the
monastery
was
dissolved
in
1539.
Between
1540
and
1556,
the
abbey
had
the
status
of
a
cathedral.
Since
1560,
the
building
is
no
longer
an
abbey
or
a
cathedral,
having
instead
the
status
of
a
Church
of
England
"Royal
Peculiar"—a
church
responsible
directly
to
the
sovereign.
According
to
a
tradition
first
reported
by
Sulcard
in
about
1080,
a
church
was
founded
at
the
site
(then
known
as
Thorn
Ey
(Thorn
Island))
in
the
seventh
century
at
the
time
of
Mellitus,
a
Bishop
of
London.
Construction
of
the
present
church
began
in
1245
on
the
orders
of
King
Henry
III.
Since
the
coronation
of
William
the
Conqueror
in
1066,
all
coronations
of
English
and
British
monarchs
have
occurred
in
Westminster
Abbey.
Sixteen
royal
weddings
have
occurred
at
the
Abbey
since
1100.
The
Abbey
is
the
burial
site
of
more
than
3300
persons,
usually
of
prominence
in
British
history:
at
least
16
monarchs,
8
Prime
Ministers,
poets
laureate,
actors,
scientists,
military
leaders,
and
the
Unknown
Warrior.
As
such,
Westminster
Abbey
is
sometimes
described
as
"Britain's
Valhalla"
,
after
the
iconic
hall
of
the
chosen
heroes
in
Norse
mythology.