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The church where people of fame and repute are crowned and buried: a Who's Who of London life from centuries gone by.
Edward the Confessor had the church in which he was buried built in 1065 and it remained the burial site for all British sovereigns until 1760. Lots of famous Britons also found their last resting place here. Westminster Abbey is also the coronation church of the royal family.
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Westminster Abbey is a church in the suburb of City of Westminster. Traditionally, the kings of England are crowned and buried. The Collegiate Church of St Peter's Collegiate, Westminster belongs to the Church of England, but because of their inherent function of any diocese, but own church (royal peculia) of the British monarchy. The main entrance is located on the west side. The Portal is supported by representations of the four Christian virtues of truth, justice, mercy, and peace of martyrs of the 20th Century framed. In the nave is the grave of the Unknown Soldier. In soil from the Belgian battlefields there rests an unknown soldier of World War II "in the midst of the Kings, because he served his God and country well," as an inscription on a black marble announced. The fallen of both world wars is also thought at the St. George's Chapel. Buried in the left (north) transept are a number of famous British statesmen, including William Pitt, Palmerston, Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone. From the northern part of the transept, one enters the neighborhood behind the high altar of "Chapel of Edward the Confessor." In the middle is the coffin of the 1066
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