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La iglesia de San Alfegio, (en inglés, Saint Alfege's Church) es una iglesia anglicana en el centro de Greenwich, parte del borough de Greenwich en Londres, Inglaterra, Reino Unido. El templo remonta su primera construcción a la época medieval.
St Alfege Church is an Anglican church in the centre of Greenwich, part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London. It is of medieval origin and was rebuilt in 1712–1714 to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor.
La iglesia de San Alfegio, (en inglés, Saint Alfege's Church) es una iglesia anglicana en el centro de Greenwich, parte del borough de Greenwich en Londres, Inglaterra, Reino Unido. El templo remonta su primera construcción a la época medieval.
St Alfege Church was the first London church designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, and many key historical figures in Greenwich's royal, maritime and scientific history have close links with the site including Henry Vlll, Thomas Tallis, General James Wolfe and John Flamsteed.
History at St Alfege Church begins in 1012, when Danish warriors killed a hostage they had taken during their raid on Canterbury. The murder of Alfege, Archbishop of Canterbury, here in Greenwich led to the building of the first church.
St Alfege Church is an Anglican church in the centre of Greenwich, part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London. It is of medieval origin and was rebuilt in 1712–1714 to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor .
Perhaps the most dominant building of the town centre is St Alfege Church, which marked the millennium of the martyrdom of St Alfege in 2012. The current building is a ‘coal-tax’ church of the early 18th century, designed by Hawksmoor, following the collapse of the medieval fabric in 1710.
