Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Churhc of St Peter at Westminster is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church in the city of Westminster, London, just to the west of the palace of Westminster, It is one of the United Kingdom'd most notable religious buildings and the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English and later British monarchs. Coronation church and mausoleum, Westminster Abbey has been royal foundation since 960s, and money was lavished on it by successive monarchs.
Although only a few Saxon fragments survive, it was here that Edward the Confessor developed the style that we call Norman. It was also here that Henry lll began his lavish Gothic rebuilding, a project that continued after his death for nearly 3 centuries. The nave today demonstrates the rich taste of English medieval monarchs and their masons with large scale sculptures and carved and painted heraldic shields. The abbey sent the standards for aspiring builders for centuries.
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