Category:Westminster Abbey

**Westminster Abbey**
	Gothic abbey church in London, England
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Instance of	Anglican or Episcopal cathedral (1540–1550); Royal Peculiar; tourist attraction; abbey church; Anglican church building; collegiate church;
Part of	Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret's Church;
Named after	Peter;
Dedicated to	Peter;
Location	City of Westminster, Greater London, London, England
Architectural style	Gothic architecture; Gothic art;
Diocese	Anglican Diocese of Westminster (1540–1550);
Owned by	English Heritage;
Operator	English Heritage;
Has part(s)	Henry VII Chapel; The Great Cloisters of Westminster Abbey;
Heritage designation	Grade I listed building (1958–);
Inception	10th century; 1540 (cathedral);
Significant event	coronation (monarch of the United Kingdom); wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten (1947); wedding of Princess Anne and Mark Philips (1973); wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson (1986); wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton (2011);
Religion or worldview	Anglicanism; Catholicism (Dissolution of the Monasteries, –1540);
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	51° 29′ 57.84″ N, 0° 07′ 38.52″ W
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	Q5933; ISNI: 0000000123083054; VIAF ID: 132460849; GND ID: 4206437-5; Library of Congress authority ID: n80008753; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12354524b; IdRef ID: 032533187; NL CR AUT ID: kn20040209010; National Library of Israel ID (old): 000141276; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007269723405171; Union List of Artist Names ID: 500302052; National Heritage List for England number: 1291494
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This place is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed as Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church.

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This is a category about listed building number 1291494.

English: The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English monarchs. It briefly held the status of a cathedral from 1546–1556, and is currently a Royal Peculiar.

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This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total.

Exterior of Westminster Abbey‎ (9 C, 275 F)
History of Westminster Abbey‎ (11 C, 51 F)
Interior of Westminster Abbey‎ (29 C, 31 F)
Plans of Westminster Abbey‎ (39 F)

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Dean's Yard‎ (2 C, 70 F)
Deans of Westminster‎ (28 C, 1 F)

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Effigies in the Westminster Abbey‎ (6 F)

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King Edward's Chair‎ (24 F)

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Monuments in Westminster Abbey‎ (164 C, 149 F)

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People in Westminster Abbey‎ (1 C, 29 F)

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Stereograph views of Westminster Abbey‎ (11 F)

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Westminster Abbey building fragment at Tribune Tower‎ (9 F)

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Westminster Abbey Muniments‎ (1 C, 4 F)

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A grotesque, seen from the stairwell going up high in the abbey.jpg 2,448 × 3,264; 2.62 MB
A nice selection of medieval floor tiles.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 3.29 MB
A very old thing.jpg 3,888 × 5,184; 4.29 MB
A very old trapdoor.jpg 2,921 × 3,403; 2.43 MB
Edward iii 1312-1377 king of england-effigy.webp 547 × 600; 69 KB
Flag of the Church of St Margaret Westminster Abbey.svg 3,290 × 2,174; 49 KB
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I do love a bit of symbolism.jpg 3,888 × 5,184; 5.14 MB
I do love spotting sneaky graffiti, it's so irreverent.jpg 5,184 × 3,888; 5.26 MB
In churches I like to look up.jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 3.19 MB
In repose in the light.jpg 4,080 × 2,720; 1.6 MB
It looks like a hand painted medieval screen, I'm not sure as there's no information provided.jpg 5,184 × 3,888; 5.27 MB
Lady in blue.jpg 3,888 × 5,184; 5.36 MB
London - Old Palace Yard - George V Statue 1947 by Sir William Reid Dick - Henry VII Lady Chapel of Westminster Abbey - Retouched by Gothic Revival Architect Sir George Gilbert Scott.jpg 5,533 × 3,688; 14.97 MB
London - Old Palace Yard - View North on George V Statue 1947 by Sir William Reid Dick - Henry VII Lady Chapel of Westminster Abbey - Retouched by Gothic Revival Architect Sir George Gilbert Scott - Palace of Westminster 1870.jpg 5,900 × 3,933; 14.93 MB
London - St Margaret's, Westminster 1523 - Entrance Portal - Re-designed 1877 by Gothic Revival architect Sir George Gilbert Scott 01.jpg 5,791 × 3,860; 13.61 MB
London - St Margaret's, Westminster 1523 - Entrance Portal - Re-designed 1877 by Gothic Revival architect Sir George Gilbert Scott 02.jpg 5,951 × 3,966; 12.44 MB
London 2013 -1 Morris Dancing @ Westminster Abbey.webm 4 min 16 s, 640 × 480; 64.16 MB
Saint Peter Westminster Abbey Flag.svg 745 × 442; 19 KB
She's lying prone at the feet of someone for some unknown reason.jpg 3,888 × 5,184; 4.49 MB
The ceiling above the altar.jpg 2,720 × 4,080; 2.15 MB
The ceiling236.jpg 2,720 × 4,080; 2.5 MB
View from the cloister, with the Houses of Parliament in the background.jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 4.13 MB
View of the buttresses from the stairwell.jpg 2,448 × 3,264; 2.18 MB
Way to the vault.jpg 2,998 × 3,279; 2 MB
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Westminster Abbey Balustrade.jpg 4,608 × 2,592; 6.18 MB
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Westminster Abbey.ogg 15 min 20 s; 7.77 MB

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