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Westminster Abbey has so many parts that you can go into and see but the places changes its regulations and stuff so much, the website is so precise when it comes to that stuff so you guys can view it for info, I place it here for everyone's comfort as I know websites can bring you up to date detail at all times (http://www.westminster-abbey.org)
But boy is it every amazing to see the history here and reading about it just gives me the chills, up and down my spine! There are events that occured here over 900 years ago! fantastic to read even most fantastic to visit.
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The Westminster Abbey was the first monument I visited in London.
At first, I found it not very impressive, compared with other churches around Europe. But after a more careful look, it 's amazing the richness in details of its interior.
Also, the well cared cloisters were beautiful. Take notice at the smaller one where there even some private houses. A nice place to live, though maybe not the quietest.
But the most spectacular part for me is The Lady Chapel. Absolutely amazing.
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I went to Westminster Abbey when I was 12. My mom was an English major in college and took us to 'Poets Corner' to see the tombs of famous people buried there - like Geoffrey Chaucer, Edmund Spenser, John Dryden, Dr Samuel Johnson, Charles Dickens, Robert Browning, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Rudyard Kipling, and John Masefield. I had no idea who most of these people were, so I was not very impressed. This was at the end of the trip, and I was kind of "cathedraled out" by this time.
So I did not even have this as a secondary goal for this visit and I told my youngest daughter when she visited with her two pre-school children not to spend too much time there. There are other places that are better to visit with that age child. When I visited with my grandson in 2007, again we didn't have time to visit. Leave a Comment
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Westminster Abbey is a the famoust church in London.
You can go inside the church. You have to pay £6 to get in. There are leaflets in English, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch. You are walking all the way through the church. It is an interesting church. The windows are very nice!! :)
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Westminster Abbey is the tallest Gothic building in the British Isles.
Like many other great churches, the Abbey is designed in the shape of a cross, recalling the death of Jesus Christ, the source of new life for all who acknowledge Him.
The eastern half of the Abbey forms an enclosed Quire. Daily services have been sung here for centuries to the praise fo the glory of God.
The altars serve the central act of Christian worship, the Eucharist, Holy Communion or Mass. By this service of thanksgiving, which commemorates Jesus' death and resurrection, worshippers enter into communion with Him by sharing the sacrament of bread and wine.
The tombs and monuments speak both of human dignity and achievement and of the Christian confidence in life after death.
When Westminster Abbey was founded in the 10th century, most Christians in Europe accepted the authority of the Roman Catholic Church. In the 16th century the Reformation brought many changes to the organisation and worship of churches throughout Europe. The Church of England, to which the Abbey belongs, became independent of Rome. But it kept much of its tradition while developing its own distinctive forms of worship, conducting its services in English and taking scripture and tradition as its authorities. Today it is part of the Anglican Communion, which extends to virtually every country in the world. Leave a Comment
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The site was founded by Benedictine monks in the middle of the tenth century, establishing a The Abbey has been where kings have been crowned since 1066 and is the final resting place of seventeen monarch.
The present church was begun by Henry III in 1245 and is one of the most important Gothic buildings in the country. The stonework is so intricate.
Inside are paintings, stained glass, and other artefacts, Westminster Abbey is also the place where some of the most significant people in the nation's history are buried or commemorated. These include Isaac Newton whose coffin was carried into the abbey by two earls , two dukes. Poets and writers have a corner of their own.
I would have to have chosen a day when there was a special event so no admission after 12 noon. Still I had a wander around the outside and admired the carvings and architecture.
Admission is £12 which is expensive, yet crowds of people were queuing up to go in. The front of the abbey is so much nicer since it has been cleaned.
Nearby St Margaret's, the church where MPs get married is pleasant to look at and Dean's Yard has a completely different style to it. Leave a Comment
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I love Westminster Abbey. I've never been inside it yet though, never seem to have the time when we're in London. But if you get charged big money to go in there, like you do with Winchester Cathedral, then I probably never will. The only time I've ever seen the inside of it is on TV, like the royal marriages & funerals etc, and in the film 'The Medusa touch' with Richard Burton.
Poor old lady Diana was married here and then had her funeral here some years later. I'm not a royalist of any kind, but I did watch the whole of lady Diana's funeral; a young and beautiful life taken so short.
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It is also the burial ground for monarchs of yesteryear. The tomb of Elizabeth I is always a favourite along with the High Altar.
Admission is £6 adults, £4 children or £12 for a family (2 adults, 2 children). Leave a Comment
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