Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey, nan sacaro resmi banamo Gereja Kolese Santo Petrus di Westminster, adolah sabuah gereja Anglikan di Kota Westminster, London, Inggirih. Samanjak tahun 1066, gereja iko alah manjadi lokasi penobatan 40 pawarih monarki Inggirih, jo Britania Raya sarato tampek pamakaman 18 pawarih monarki Inggris, Skotlandia, jo Britania Raya. Saindaknyo 16 pernikahan karajaan alah balansuang di tampek ini sajak tahun 1100. Although the origins of the church are obscure, an abbey housing Benedictine monks was on the site by the mid-10th century. The church got its first large building from the 1040s, commissioned by King Edward the Confessor, who is buried inside. Construction of the present church began in 1245 on the orders of Henry III. The monastery was dissolved in 1559, and the church was made a royal peculiar — Church of England church, accountable directly to the sovereign – by Elizabeth I. The abbey, the Palace of Westminster and St Margaret's Church became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987 because of their historic and symbolic significance. Meskipun asal-usul gereja iko alun jaleh, sabuah rumah nan menampung para biarawan Benediktin dipastian barado di lokasi iko pada partangahan abaik ka-10. Gereja iko patamo kali punyo bangunan gadang sajak tahun 1040-an, nan nan dibangun ateh kandak Rajo Edward sang Pengaku, nan dikubuaan di dalam bangunan. Pambangunan gereja nan kini dimulai pado tahun 1245 atas parentah Henry III. Rumah biara dibubarkan pado tahun 1559, dan gereja iko dijadian sabagai gereja kerajaan—gereja dalam Gereja Inggris, nan batangguang jawab lansuang kapado panguaso—dek Elizabeth I. Biara, Istana Westminster, jo Gereja St Margaret manjadi Situs Warisan Dunia UNESCO pado tahun 1987 dek nilai historis jo simbolisnyo. Arsitektur Gotik gereja iko tautamo tapangaruah dek gaya Parancih jo Inggirih abaik ke-13, meskipun babarapi bagian gereja punyo gaya Romawi sabalunnyo atau gaya Barok jo modern. Kapel Henry VII, di ujuang timur gereja, adolah contoh khas arsitektur Gotik Tegak Lurus; ahli barang antik John Leland manyabuiknyo orbis miraculum (“keajaiban dunia”). Biara iko marupoan tampek pamakaman labih dari 3.300 orang, banyak di antaranyo adolah tokoh-tokoh penting dalam sijarah Inggirih: rajo, perdana menteri, panyair, aktor, musisi, ilmuwan, pamimpin militer, jo Prajurit Tak Dikenal. Dek tanamnyo tokoh-tokoh yang dimakaman di sinan, seniman William Morris manggambaran biara iko sabagai “Valhalla Nasional”. Catatan kaki Rujuakan