Westminster Abbey

Made by:
Andreea Bugiulescu
Andreea Catana
Delia Curtean
Ioana Draia
Alexandra Florea

Westminster Abbey,
formally titled
the Collegiate Church
of St Peter at
Westminster, is a
large, mainly Gothic,
church in the City of
Westminster, London.

It is one of the most

notable religious
buildings in the United
Kingdom and has been
the traditional place
of coronation and burial
site for English and,
later, British monarchs.

It served as a
place for worship
for over a
thousand years.

The abbey is a Royal Peculiar and

between 1540 and 1556 had the
status of a cathedral.

The building is no longer

an abbey nor cathedral however,
having instead the status since
1560 of a "Royal Peculiar" a
church responsible directly to the
Sovereign.

Since 1066, when Harold

Godwinson and William the
Conqueror were crowned, the
coronations of English and
British monarchs have been
held here.

Since 1100, there have

been at least 16 royal
weddings at the abbey.

It has been the setting for every

Coronation since 1066 (with the
exception of Edward V and
Edward VIII).

The Church

The Church

The abbey's nave is

England's highest. In the
nave you find the Grave of
the Unknown Warrior, a
World War I soldier who
died on the battlefields in
France and was buried here
in French soil.

The Cloister was

originally built in the
thirteenth century. It was
completely rebuilt after it
was destroyed by a fire in
1298.

The beautiful octagonal Chapter

House is one of the largest of its
kind in England. It has an original
tile floor dating from 1250 and its
walls are decorated with
fourteenth-century murals.

The Henry VII Chapel (aka

Lady Chapel), built 15031512, is one of the most
outstanding chapels of its
time, with a magnificent
vault. The chapel has a
large stained glass window,
the Battle of Britain
memorial window.

Also a burial place of kings,

statesmen, warriors, scientists,
musicians and poets, the abbey is
stuffed with tombs, statues and
monuments.

Over three thousand people

are either buried or
memorialized in
Westminster Abbey.