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Origine du nom. Le nom de Westminster (« monastère de l'ouest ») s'explique par le fait que l' église collégiale Saint-Pierre, qui fut fondée au Xe siècle par saint Dunstan et qui y installa une communauté de moines bénédictins avec l'appui du roi Edgar le Pacifique, était située à l'ouest de la City.
www.westminster.gov.uk. The City of Westminster is a city and borough in London. It is the site of the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament and much of the British government. It occupies a large area of central London, including most of the West End. Many London landmarks are within the borough, including Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey ...
Westminster Abbey continued to be used as a coronation site, but after Edward the Confessor, no monarchs were buried there until Henry III began to rebuild it in the Gothic style. Henry III wanted it built as a shrine to venerate Edward, to match great French churches such as Rheims Cathedral and Sainte-Chapelle , [22] and as a burial place for himself and his family. [23]
7,3 metros. Velocidad. 28 nudos. Autonomía. 7500 millas náuticas. MMSI. 234641000. [ editar datos en Wikidata] La HMS Westminster (F237) es una fragata Tipo 23 de la Royal Navy comisionada en 1994. 1 .
Westminster Bridge. / 51.5008°N 0.1219°W / 51.5008; -0.1219. Westminster Bridge is a road-and-foot-traffic bridge over the River Thames in London, linking Westminster on the west side and Lambeth on the east side. The bridge is painted predominantly green, the same colour as the leather seats in the House of Commons which is on the ...
Neither the buildings used by the Anglo-Saxons nor those used by William I (r. 1066–1087) survive. The oldest existing part of the Palace (Westminster Hall) dates from the reign of William I's successor, King William II (r. 1087–1100). The Palace of Westminster functioned as the English monarchs' principal residence in the late Medieval period.
The history of the Palace of Westminster began in the Middle Ages – in the early eighth century – when there was an Anglo-Saxon church dedicated to St. Peter the Apostle which became known as the West Minster (St. Paul's being the East Minster). [1] [2] In the tenth century the church became a Benedictine abbey and was adopted as a royal ...
