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Westminster Abbey

Mute witness of English history. Westminster Abbey. Westminster Abbey. History. The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster has its origin in a fisherman who saw a vision of Saint Peter. In the present era, the Fishmongers´ s Company still gives a salmon every year.

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Westminster Abbey

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  1. Mute witness of English history Westminster Abbey

  2. Westminster Abbey. History • The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster has its origin in a fisherman who saw a vision of Saint Peter. In the present era, the Fishmongers´ s Company still gives a salmon every year.

  3. Westminster Abbey. History • Between 1042 and 1052 Edward the Confessor rebuilt the Abbey in the Norman Romanesque style. When he died, he was buried there.

  4. Westminster Abbey. History • When the Normans conquered England, their duke, William I was crowned in 1066. Since then, the English kings and queens have been crowned there.

  5. Westminster Abbey. History • The current church were built by Henry III in 1245. It was built in a new style, the Anglo-French Gothic. The works continued until 1517.

  6. Westminster Abbey. History • During the Anglican reform, Henry VIII asumed direct royal control of the abbey in 1539 and gave the abbey the status of cathedral. It was a cathedral only until 1550.

  7. Westminster Abbey. History • The last works were made between 1722 and 1745, when the two western towers were built by Nicholas Hawksmoor.

  8. Westminster Abbey. Today • The abbey has hosted very famous events like the funeral and the wedding of Lady Di or the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

  9. Westminster Abbey. Ghosts • Some people say that at night, the ghosts of John Bradshaw, a judge of the XVII century and of William of Canterbury, a monk, haunt the Abbey.

  10. Westminster Abbey. Ghosts • The ghost of William of Canterbury’s first apparition was three centuries ago. Some workers were working whe the ghost appeared and started to bless them.

  11. Westminster Abbey • The abbey is a indispensable landmark to visit if you go to London so, come in and see all of it!

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