What is Westminster Abbey?
{{Infobox Historic Site | name = Westminster Abbey | image = Westminster Abbey West Door.jpg | caption = The Abbey's western façade | locmapin = United Kingdom Greater London | coordinates = {{coord|51|29|58|N|00|07|39|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | location = [[Westminster]], [[London]], [[England]] | area = | built = 10th century<ref name=Colliers>{{cite encyclopedia|last1=Newcomb|first1=Rexford|editor-first=Bernard|editor-last=Johnston|encyclopedia=Collier's Encyclopedia |title=Abbey|edition=First |year=1997|publisher=P.F. Collier|volume=I A to Ameland|location=New York, NY|pages=8–11}}</ref> | demolished = | rebuilt = | architect = | architecture = [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] | governing_body = | designation1 = WHS | designation1_offname = [[Palace of Westminster|Westminster Palace]], Westminster Abbey and [[St. Margaret's, Westminster|Saint Margaret's Church]] | designation1_date = 1987 <small>(11th [[World Heritage Committee|session]])</small> | designation1_type = Cultural | designation1_criteria = i, ii, iv | designation1_number = [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/426 426] | designation1_free1name = Country | designation1_free1value = United Kingdom | designation1_free2name = Region | designation1_free2value = [[List of World Heritage Sites in Europe|Europe and North America]] | designation2 = UK Grade I | designation2_offname = Westminster Abbey (The Collegiate Church of St Peter) | designation2_date = 24 Feb 1958 | designation2_number = 1291494<ref>{{cite web | url=http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/ | title=The National Heritage List For England | publisher=[[English Heritage]] | accessdate=2011-07-31 | archive-date=2012-05-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501093448/http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> }} [[File:SanktEdvardsstol westminster.jpg|thumb|King Edward's Chair]] '''Westminster Abbey''' is a large and famous [[Anglican]] [[church]] in [[Westminster]], [[London]]. It is the [[shrine]] of [[Edward the Confessor]] and the burial pl