Westminster Abbey, London

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Gothic church World Heritage Site royal peculiar tourist attraction

Westminster Abbey, London is a historic Gothic church and royal peculiar renowned as the traditional site of English and later British coronations, royal weddings, and the burial place of many notable figures.

Aliases (15)

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gothic church → World Heritage Site → royal peculiar → tourist attraction →
alsoKnownAs	Westminster Abbey, London → surface form: "Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster"
burialPlaceOf	British monarch → surface form: "British monarchs" Charles Darwin → Edward the Confessor → Elizabeth I of England → English monarchs → Geoffrey Chaucer → Isaac Newton → Mary I of England →
consecrationDate	1065 →
contains	Chapter House → Henry VII Lady Chapel → Westminster Abbey, London → surface form: "Poets' Corner" Tomb of the Unknown Warrior → cloisters →
country	United Kingdom →
dean	Dean of Westminster →
dedicatedTo	Apostle Peter → surface form: "Saint Peter"
denomination	Church of England →
firstCoronationHeld	William the Conqueror →
firstCoronationYear	1066 →
floorPlanType	cruciform →
foundationDate	c. 1042–1052 →
foundedBy	Edward the Confessor →
function	coronation church of British monarchs → coronation church of English monarchs →
governedAs	royal peculiar →
hasChoir	Westminster Abbey Choir →
hasFeature	two western towers →
hasOrgan	pipe organ →
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site →
heritageDesignationDate	1987 →
jurisdiction	directly under the British monarch →
locatedNear	Palace of Westminster → Parliament Square →
location	City of Westminster → London, England → surface form: "London"
notableEvent	coronation of Queen Elizabeth II → funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales → funeral of Queen Elizabeth II → wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton →
notUnder	diocesan bishop →
originalStyle	Romanesque architecture →
partOf	Westminster World Heritage Site →
previousDenomination	Roman Catholicism → surface form: "Roman Catholic Church"
rebuiltInGothicStyle	13th century →
rebuiltUnder	Henry III of England →
style	Gothic architecture →
towerHeight	approximately 69 metres →
usedFor	national services of thanksgiving → royal weddings → state funerals →
visitorAttraction	millions of visitors per year →
westernTowersCompletionDate	18th century →
westernTowersDesignedBy	Nicholas Hawksmoor →
worldHeritageSiteWith	Palace of Westminster → Saint Margaret's Church, Westminster →

Referenced by (159)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chapter House → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Westminster Abbey, London →

subject surface form: "Chapter House, Westminster Abbey"

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey, Palace of Westminster and Saint Margaret’s Church"

Henry VII Lady Chapel → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey, Palace of Westminster and Saint Margaret’s Church"

Parliament Square → adjacentTo → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Westminster Abbey, London → alsoKnownAs → Westminster Abbey, London →

subject surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

this entity surface form: "Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster"

Clerk of the Works at Westminster → associatedWith → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey precinct (in relation to Crown works)"

Edward the Confessor → associatedWith → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Saint Margaret's Church, Westminster → associatedWith → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

St Edward's Crown → associatedWith → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Westminster Abbey Choir → basedIn → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Alphonso, Earl of Chester → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Anne Hyde → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Anne of Denmark → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Anne, Queen of Great Britain → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Ben Jonson → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Caroline of Ansbach → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Charles Barry → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Charles Darwin → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

Charles Dickens → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Charles II of England → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Charles Lyell → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

David Livingstone → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Edith of Scotland (Matilda of Scotland) → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

subject surface form: "Edith of Scotland"

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Edward III of England → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Edward of Windsor → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Edward the Confessor → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Elizabeth of York → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Geoffrey Chaucer → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

George Canning → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

George Frideric Handel → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

George II of Great Britain → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

George Monck → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Henry III of England → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Henry Ireton → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Henry Irving → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Henry V of England → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Henry VII of England → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Herbert Howells → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey (ashes interred)"

Hugh Dowding → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Isaac Newton → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

J. J. Thomson → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Archbishop James Ussher → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

subject surface form: "James Ussher"

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

James VI and I → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

John Gay → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Laurence Olivier → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Lord Kelvin → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Lord Trenchard → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Mary I of England → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Mary II of England → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

Mary → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

subject surface form: "Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange"

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey, London, England"

Oliver Cromwell → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey (original burial)"

Pasquale Paoli → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey (initial burial)"

Queen Philippa of Hainault → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

subject surface form: "Philippa of Hainault"

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Pitt the Elder → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Prince George of Denmark → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Duke of Cumberland → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

subject surface form: "Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland"

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Ralph Vaughan Williams → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

King Richard II of England → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

subject surface form: "Richard II of England"

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Robert Stephenson → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Sir George Carteret → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

William Cadogan → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

William Pitt the Elder → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

William Pitt the Younger → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

William Wilberforce → burialPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Princes in the Tower murders → burialPlaceOfRemains → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Coronation of Queen Anne → ceremonialSite → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "High Altar of Westminster Abbey"

Knight of the Bath → ceremonialVenue → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey (historically)"

Central London → contains → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

City of Westminster → contains → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Westminster Abbey, London → contains → Westminster Abbey, London →

subject surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

this entity surface form: "Poets' Corner"

Westminster World Heritage Site → contains → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Westminster, London, England → contains → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. → containsWork → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Coronation of George III → coronationChurch → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

British monarch → coronationLocation → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Camilla, Queen Consort → coronationPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

Edward II of England → coronationPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Edward VI of England → coronationPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Edward I's son Edward of Caernarfon → coronationPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

subject surface form: "Edward of Caernarfon"

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Edward of Windsor → coronationPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Elizabeth II → coronationPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

George IV of the United Kingdom → coronationPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

George VI → coronationPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

Harold Godwinson → coronationPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Henry I of England → coronationPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Henry III of England → coronationPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Henry V of England → coronationPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Isabella of France → coronationPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

John → coronationPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey, London, England"

Mary I of England → coronationPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Mary of Teck → coronationPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Prince Charles → coronationPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

William IV → coronationPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

James VI and I → coronationPlaceEngland → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

William the Conqueror → crownedAt → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Westminster Cathedral → distinctionFrom → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Chapter House → hasCategory → Westminster Abbey, London →

subject surface form: "Chapter House, Westminster Abbey"

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Dean of Westminster → hasJurisdictionOver → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

London, England → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Westminster Abbey, London →

subject surface form: "London"

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Chapter House → locatedIn → Westminster Abbey, London →

subject surface form: "Chapter House, Westminster Abbey"

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Henry VII Lady Chapel → locatedIn → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Caxton Hall, London → locatedNear → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Westminster School → locatedNear → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Westminster Underground Station → locatedNear → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Saint Margaret's Church, Westminster → locatedNextTo → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Coronation of Charles III → location → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Coronation of George I → location → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Coronation of George II → location → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Coronation of George III → location → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Coronation of George IV → location → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Coronation of Queen Anne → location → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Coronation of William IV → location → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Tomb of the Unknown Warrior → location → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

coronation of Queen Elizabeth II → location → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

coronation of William I as King of England → location → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

funeral of Queen Elizabeth II → location → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Order of the Bath → locationOfChapter → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Catherine, Princess of Wales → marriagePlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey, London, England"

Edith of Scotland (Matilda of Scotland) → marriagePlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

subject surface form: "Edith of Scotland"

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood → marriagePlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark → marriagePlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

Westminster Assembly → metAt → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey precincts"

Broad Sanctuary → near → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Palace of Westminster → near → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, Westminster → near → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Statue of Abraham Lincoln, Parliament Square → near → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

The Da Vinci Code → notableLocationFeatured → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Nicholas Hawksmoor → notableWork → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "West towers of Westminster Abbey"

Chapter House → partOf → Westminster Abbey, London →

subject surface form: "Chapter House, Westminster Abbey"

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey complex"

Henry VII Lady Chapel → partOf → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Westminster World Heritage Site → partiallyOverlaps → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey precincts"

Westminster Abbey Choir → performsAt → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Edward I of England → placeOfBurial → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Ernest Bevin → placeOfBurial → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Ernest Rutherford → placeOfBurial → Westminster Abbey, London →

John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll → placeOfBurial → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Princess Amelia of Great Britain → placeOfBurial → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Princess Caroline of Great Britain → placeOfBurial → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

William of Windsor → placeOfBurial → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Elizabeth II → placeOfMarriage → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood → placeOfMarriage → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh → placeOfMarriage → Westminster Abbey, London →

Westminster Cathedral → proximityTo → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Dean of Westminster → seat → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Elizabeth of Rhuddlan → secondMarriagePlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

The Mutability of Literature → setting → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

The King’s Speech → settingLocation → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

Tribune Tower → stoneFragmentsFrom → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"

coronation of George VI → usesBuilding → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Coronation Theatre of Westminster Abbey"

Princess Margaret → weddingPlace → Westminster Abbey, London →

this entity surface form: "Westminster Abbey"