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4 Westminster Abbey

The resting place of Britain’s monarchs,
Westminster Abbey is the setting for
coronations and great royal events, such as
the marriage of Prince William and Catherine,
now the Duchess of Cambridge, in 2011.
Within its walls are some of the most glorious
examples of medieval architecture in North/Main Entrance
The stonework here,
London and one of the most impressive such as this
collections of tombs and monuments . Flying Buttresses carving of
in the world. Half national church, half The massive flying a dragon,
national museum, the Abbey is part of buttresses help spread the is Victorian.
British national consciousness. great weight of the 31-m
(102-ft) high nave.

. West Front Towers
These towers, completed in
1745, were designed by
Nicholas Hawksmoor.

KEY
1 The North Transept has
three chapels on the east side
containing some of the Abbey’s
finest monuments.
2 St Edward’s Chapel houses
Edward the Confessor’s shrine
and the tombs of other English
medieval monarchs.
3 The South Transept contains
“Poets’ Corner”, where memorials to
famous literary figures can be seen.
4 Museum
5 The Cloisters, built mainly . The Nave viewed from
in the 13th and 14th centuries, the West End
link the Abbey church with the At 10 m (35 ft) wide, the nave
other buildings. is comparatively narrow, but
it is the highest in England.

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