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Westminster Abbey
Gothic abbey church in London, England, UK
Details
- Instance of
- Anglican or Episcopal cathedral, Royal Peculiar, abbey church, Anglican church building, collegiate church
- Inception
- 10th century, 1540
- Located in
- City of Westminster
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Operator
- English Heritage
- Owned by
- English Heritage
- Religion
- Anglicanism, Catholicism
- activity policy in this place
- no photos
- architectural style
- Gothic architecture, Gothic art
- associated electoral district
- Cities of London and Westminster
- category for people born here
- Category:People born in Westminster Abbey
- category for people buried here
- Category:Burials at Westminster Abbey
- category for the exterior of the item
- Category:Exterior of Westminster Abbey
- category for the interior of the item
- Category:Interior of Westminster Abbey
- category of associated people
- Q32667151
- Christian liturgical rite
- Church of England
- Commons Institution page
- Westminster Abbey, London
- dedicated to
- Saint Peter
- described by source
- The Catholic Encyclopedia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyer’s Universum, Neunter Band
- diocese
- Diocese of Westminster
- has characteristic
- tourist attraction
- heritage designation
- Grade I listed building
- historic county
- Middlesex
- named after
- Saint Peter
- native label
- Westminster Abbey
- OS grid reference
- TQ3008279490
- significant event
- wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, wedding of Princess Anne and Mark Philips, wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, coronation
- social media followers
- 85443, 31100, 103129, 50800, 136293, 74500, 85500, 102000, 115000
- time of earliest written record
- 960
- topic's main category
- Category:Westminster Abbey
Connected on Wikidata
Notable work of
Subject of
- Something New about Westminster Abbey
- Die Westminster-Abtei in London
- The Coronation of Edward VII, study of Westminster Abbey Interior
- Westminster Part I: The Art, Architecture and Archaeology of the Royal Abbey
- Sir George Gilbert Scott as Surveyor of Westminster Abbey, 1849–78
- Westminster Abbey re-examined
- Westminster Abbey, the Church Convent Cathedral and College of St. Peter, Westminster
- Westminster Abbey: The Lady Chapel of Henry VII
- Seats, Relics, and the Rationale of Images in Westminster Abbey, Henry III to Edward II
- Failure and Invention: King Henry III, the Holy Blood, and Gothic Art at Westminster Abbey
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