Westminster Abbey Opens Its Storage Room With a View

Westminster Abbey Opens Its Storage Room With a View
Triforium Queen's Jubliee Galleries, Westminster Abbey Alan Willaims/Westminster Abbey
Lorraine Ferrier
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A British national treasure is revealing more of itself.

The hallowed ground of Westminster Abbey holds a unique place in British history, where coronations occur and the fallen and the famous rest and are remembered: namely the Grave of the Unknown Warrior honoring all those who died in military conflict, with memorials to William Shakespeare, Sir Winston Churchill, William Blake, the Bronte sisters, and Jane Austen, and Rudyard Kipling. Charles Dickens, Sir Isaac Newton, and George Frederic Handel are all buried there, to name a few. It’s the site of every English sovereign’s coronation since William the Conqueror of 1066.
Lorraine Ferrier
Lorraine Ferrier
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Lorraine Ferrier writes about fine arts and craftsmanship for The Epoch Times. She focuses on artists and artisans, primarily in North America and Europe, who imbue their works with beauty and traditional values. She's especially interested in giving a voice to the rare and lesser-known arts and crafts, in the hope that we can preserve our traditional art heritage. She lives and writes in a London suburb, in England.