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Westminster Abbey the famous Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, England Royalty Free Stock Photo

Westminster Abbey, a large, mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, England Royalty Free Stock Photo

Westminster Abbey, titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter, Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, England Royalty Free Stock Photo

Westminster Abbey - Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London Royalty Free Stock Photo

Westminster Abbey (The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster) - Gothic church in City of Westminster, London. Westminster Royalty Free Stock Photo

Westminster Abbey the famous Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, England

Westminster Abbey gothic Collegiate Church of St Peter, London, England Royalty Free Stock Photo

Westminster Abbey - Gothic church in City of Westminster, London. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Low angle shot of the famous Westminster Abbey Collegiate church in London, England Royalty Free Stock Photo

Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the United Kingdom`s most notable religious buildings and the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English and, later, British monarchs. The building itself was a Benedictine monastic church until the monastery was dissolved in 1539. Between 1540 and 1556, the abbey had the status of a cathedral. Since 1560, the building is no longer an abbey or a cathedral, having instead the status of a Church of England Royal PeculiarÃ¢â¬âa church responsible directly to the sovereign.