Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey or the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster is a large Gothic church and it’s the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English monarchs. In fact, it’s one of the most important Gothic buildings in the country.

This abbey was built by King Edward the Confessor, around 1045-1050, as part of his palace there and was consecrated in 1065, a week before the Confessor’s death. Nevertheless, the original abbey, in the Romanesque style, was built by Benedictine monks, who established a tradition of daily worship which continues to this day.

In addition, to part of a treasure house of paintings, stained glass, pavement, textiles and other artifacts, Westminster Abbey is also the place where some of the most significant people in the nation’s history are buried or commemorated.

Xènia Pascual Ponce