Category:Westminster Abbey

**Westminster Abbey**
	Gothic abbey church in London, England, UK
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Instance of	Anglican or Episcopal cathedral (1540–1550); Royal Peculiar; tourist attraction; abbey church (Dissolution of the Monasteries, –1540); Anglican church building; collegiate church;
Part of	Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret's Church;
Named after	Saint Peter;
Dedicated to	Saint Peter;
Location	City of Westminster, Greater London, London, England
Architectural style	Gothic architecture; Gothic art;
Diocese	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 (1291494, 1958–);
Inception	10th century; 1540 (Diocese of Westminster, cathedral);
Significant event	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); coronation (monarch of the United Kingdom);
Religion or worldview	Anglicanism; Catholicism (Dissolution of the Monasteries, –1550);
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	51° 29′ 57.84″ N, 0° 07′ 38.52″ W
Authority file
	Q5933; ISNI: 0000000123083054; VIAF cluster 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; J9U entity 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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See also category: Westminster Cathedral.

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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Exterior of Westminster Abbey (13 C, 178 F)
History of Westminster Abbey (11 C, 15 F)
Interior of Westminster Abbey (32 C, 15 F)

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2019-09-20 Stone at Westminster Abbey.jpg 2,781 × 1,887; 764 KB
A nice selection of medieval floor tiles.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 3.29 MB
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Big Ben (first version) 1856.png 1,417 × 895; 2.41 MB
Choir Stalls in Westminster Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 8102659.jpg 3,120 × 4,160; 4.09 MB
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Fan vaulting Westminster Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 7882583.jpg 480 × 640; 108 KB
Flag of the Church of St Margaret Westminster Abbey.svg 3,290 × 2,174; 49 KB
Flying buttresses, Westminster Abbey 2025-11-19.jpg 1,024 × 768; 516 KB
Graffiti dated 1798.jpg 5,184 × 3,888; 5.44 MB
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Harris hawk at Westminster Abbey bird control operations.jpg 1,536 × 2,048; 433 KB
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
Interior of Westminster Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 8227961.jpg 1,867 × 3,840; 1.84 MB
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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
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London- Portal zur Westminster Abbey - LABW - Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr. 040309.jpg 667 × 444; 208 KB
Original Thomas Crapper Toilet in Westminster Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 7660824.jpg 1,960 × 4,032; 1,004 KB
Pen and Pencil (newspaper), 17 February 1855 page 13, Crypt under the Chapter House of Westminster Abbey (cropped).jpg 1,278 × 1,000; 995 KB
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Quire of Westminster Abbey, where the Coronation of King Edward VII took place.jpg 1,768 × 2,250; 1.03 MB
Royal Arms above the Altar, Lady Chapel of Henry VII, Westminster Abbey.png 4,032 × 3,024; 18.4 MB
Saint Peter Westminster Abbey Flag.svg 745 × 442; 19 KB
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Stone coffin - Roman.jpg 2,448 × 3,264; 1.73 MB
The British Isles - a guide for overseas visitors, taking in the American pilgrim shrines, the principal show-places and other famed for their history, beauty, or literary associations (1900) (14597273979).jpg 1,354 × 2,002; 450 KB
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Westminster Abbey.ogg 15 min 20 s; 7.77 MB
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