Cathedral and Abbey Westminster.

  

Westminster Cathedral.

Introduction.

Westminster cathedral in London, England, is the main temple of the Catholic church in England and Wales.

History.

At the end of the XIX century, the hierarchy of the Catholic church scarcely had beed restored in England and Wales, and it was in memory of the Cardinal Nicholas (deceased in 1865 and he was the first Archbishop of Westminster from 1850) when the first important sum of economic resources was gathered for the new cathedral. It was acquired in 1884 by a successor of Henry Edward Mannina, and had been before occupied by the prison tot hill fields. After the unsuccessful attempts in 1867 and in 1892, the building was finally begun in 1895 during Herbert Vaughan's archbishopric with the architect Jonh Francis Bentley. The cathedral opened its abors in 1903. For economic reasons the interior decoration is still to be finished.

Important things.

Interior.

In may 1982, on the first day out the six that he stayed in Britain, John Paul II celebrated the Holy Mass in the Cathedral. In 1995, the Cathedral was visited by Elisabeth II.

In 2010, Pope Benedictus XVI.

Architecture.

John Francis Bentley's Neo-Byzantine architecture malces the Cathedral of Westminster an easily recognizable building. The showy exterior features are the great belfry, the tower of San Eduardo, of approximately 83 metrers and its front west for props and arches.

In the Cathedral there is Christ's figure.

There are eleven chapels (San Agustín) Holy Seri's Georgio Righty, San Pedro) the Cathedral continues reserving donations for the ending of the elaborated ones.

The sights from the tower have been obstructed by the nearby building. The tower measures 20 m more than the towers, of the Abbey of Westminster.

The archbishop residence is next to the east of the Cathedral in the avenue Ambrosden.

Abbey Westminster.

Westminster Abbey or St. Peter's Collegiate Church of Westminster is a Gothic church the size of a Cathedral. It is the traditional site for coronations and burials of British monarchs. It is located near the Houses of Parliament.

History.

According to tradition, in the year 616 a shrine in the place known as Thorney Island was founded.

Although the existence of the sanctuary is uncertain. The historic Abbey was built by Edward the Confessor between 1045 and 1050 and was consecrated on December 28, 1065. Edward built the Cathedral to miss a vote in which he promised to make a pilgrimage. The pope advised him to redeem himself by building an abbey,

The Romanesque style was built by Benedictine monks. The Gothic style was added between 1245 and 1517. Henry III was the organizer of the reconstruction and Ricardo II ended. In 1550 it became a Cathedral and was saved from destruction thanks to its royal connections. Under the reign of Queen Mary's the Cathedral was returned to the Benedictine’s. In 1579, Elizabeth I got it back making it the “Collegiate Church of St. Peter's”. The two towers west of the Cathedral were built in 1722, and were made from Portland stone and are an example of the revival of Gothic design. In the nineteenth century various reforms were carried out.

Monarchs buried os Westminster.

Kings of England.

• Edward the Confessor and his wife Edita of Wessex.
• Henry III of England.
• Edward I of England and his wife Eleanor of Castile.
• Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainault.
• Richard II of England and his wife Anne of Bohemia.
• Henry V of England and his wife Catherine of Valois
• Edward V of England
• Henry VII of England and his wife Elizabeth of York
• Edward VI of England
• Mary I of England
• Elizabeth I of England.
• Kings of England and Scotland
• James I and his wife Anne of Denmark
• Charles II
• Maria II
• William III
• Anne and her husband George of Denmark
• George II and his wife Caroline of Ansbach
• Other royal persons
• Anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England
• Anne of Cleves (1515-1557), wife of Henry VIII of England
• Mary I of Scotland, Queen of Scots
• Elizabeth of Bohemia
• Distinguished Personalities.
• Charles Darwin
• Ben Jonson
• Samuel Johnson
• David Livingstone
• Isaac Newton
• Joseph John Thomson
• Charles Dickens
• George Frideric Handel
• Rudyard Kipling
• Laurence Olivier
• Henry Purcell
• Geoffrey Chaucer
• Thomas Cochrane
• Ernest Rutherford
• Lord Byron
• William Wilberforce