Westminster+Abbey

= History =

Westminster Abbey has more than a thousand years of history. Benedictine monks first came to this site in the middle of the tenth century, establishing a tradition of daily worship which continues to this day. The Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066 and is the final resting place of seventeen monarchs. The present church, begun by Henry III in 1245, is one of the most important Gothic buildings in the country, with the medieval shrine of an Anglo-Saxon saint still at its heart. A treasure house of paintings, stained glass, pavements, textiles and other artefacts, Westminster Abbey is also the place where some of the most significant people in the nation's history are buried or commemorated

= Renovations/Changes = = = Damaged during the war and repaired after it. Air raids in World War II damaged part of the abbey. A program was designed to restore and maintain the abbey. This started in 1953 and was comploted a few years later.

= Characteristics = Latin cross shape · Westminister abbey is gothic architecture. · Panteed arch, flying buttresses, buttresses, ribbed vault,decoration is in ornaments and roof bosses, pointed roof, clestory, cloisters. · Bells, long nave and trancept, has all parts of a monastery.

= People and places = = =
 * William Conqueror: Crowned Here
 * Charles Darwin, Sir Isaaq Newton, David Livingston Entombed Here.
 * Queen Elizabeth I = Was buried Here
 * Winton Churchill was Buried Here
 * Prince William Married Here
 * Richard II = Married Here

Flloor plan and Illustrations

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Links @http://westministerabbey.org.wiki.com/ Ma. Eugenia Flores Valerie Lainfiesta Ma. Edith Carias