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💯 reasons to visit Westminster Abbey
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1/100, Britain’s Oldest Door
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The door in our cloisters was constructed in the 1050s. It’s made from wood felled around 1032, making it almost a thousand years old and the only surviving Anglo Saxon door in England: westminster-abbey.org/about-the-abbe…
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1/100, Britain’s Oldest Door
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The door in our cloisters was constructed in the 1050s. It’s made from wood felled around 1032, making it almost a thousand years old and the only surviving Anglo Saxon door in England: westminster-abbey.org/about-the-abbe…
💯 reasons to visit Westminster Abbey
2/100, tomb of Elizabeth I
Next time you visit us, don’t miss the magnificent tomb in the Lady Chapel. Elizabeth was crowned in the Abbey in 1559 and reigned for 45 years. She’s buried with her half-sister, Mary I
westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemor…
2/100, tomb of Elizabeth I
Next time you visit us, don’t miss the magnificent tomb in the Lady Chapel. Elizabeth was crowned in the Abbey in 1559 and reigned for 45 years. She’s buried with her half-sister, Mary I
westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemor…
💯 reasons to visit Westminster Abbey
3/100, Robert Devereux memorial
Devereux had a lot of bad luck...
- His father was executed by Elizabeth I
- His wife tried to poison him
– His effigy and hearse were vandalised before his funeral
Find out more: westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemor…
3/100, Robert Devereux memorial
Devereux had a lot of bad luck...
- His father was executed by Elizabeth I
- His wife tried to poison him
– His effigy and hearse were vandalised before his funeral
Find out more: westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemor…
