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Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic, church in the City of Westminster, London.

It is one of the most notable religious buildings in the United Kingdom and has been the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English and, later, British monarchs.

It served as a place for worship for over a thousand years.

The abbey is a Royal Peculiar and between 1540 and 1556 had the status of a cathedral.

The building is no longer an abbey nor cathedral however, having instead the status since 1560 of a "Royal Peculiar" – a church responsible directly to the Sovereign.

Since 1066, when Harold Godwinson and William the Conqueror were crowned, the coronations of English and British monarchs have been held here.

Since 1100, there have been at least 16 royal weddings at the abbey.

It has been the setting for every Coronation since 1066 (with the exception of Edward V and Edward VIII).

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The abbey's nave is England's highest. In the nave you find the Grave of the Unknown Warrior, a World War I soldier who died on the battlefields in France and was buried here in French soil.

The Cloister was originally built in the thirteenth century. It was completely rebuilt after it was destroyed by a fire in 1298.

The beautiful octagonal Chapter House is one of the largest of its kind in England. It has an original tile floor dating from 1250 and its walls are decorated with fourteenth-century murals.

The Henry VII Chapel (aka Lady Chapel), built 1503-1512, is one of the most outstanding chapels of its time, with a magnificent vault. The chapel has a large stained glass window, the Battle of Britain memorial window.

Also a burial place of kings, statesmen, warriors, scientists, musicians and poets, the abbey is stuffed with tombs, statues and monuments.

Over three thousand people are either buried or memorialized in Westminster Abbey.