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3 The Nave
Coronation The nave is 10.5 m (35 ft) wide and 31 m
The Abbey has been the (102 ft) high. It took 150 years to build.
fittingly sumptuous
setting for all royal
coronations since 1066.
The last occupant of
the Coronation Chair
was the present
monarch, Elizabeth II.
She was crowned in
1953 in the first
televised coronation.

The Chapel of St
John the Baptist is
full of tombs dating
from the 14th to the 4 Nightingale Memorial
19th centuries. The North Transept chapels
contain some of the Abbey’s
finest monuments – this one, by
Roubiliac, is for Lady Elizabeth
Nightingale (1761).

5 Tomb of Elizabeth I
St Faith Chapel Inside the Lady Chapel you
contains works of art will find Elizabeth I’s (reigned
that date back to the 1558–1603) huge tomb. It also
13th century. houses the body of her sister,
“Bloody” Mary I.

6 The Lady Chapel
The undersides of the choirstalls,
dating from 1512, are beautifully
carved with exotic
and fantastic creatures.

7 The Chapel of St Edward
the Confessor
The shrine of the Saxon king Edward
the Confessor and the tombs of
many medieval monarchs are here.
Abbey museum

The Pyx Chamber’s
gaunt columns date from
the 11th century. This is
where the coinage was
tested in medieval times.
Key
8 Poets’ Corner
Tour route Take time to explore the memorials
to countless literary giants,
Dean’s Yard entrance such as Shakespeare and
Dickens, gathered here.

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