Westminster Abbey - Gallery

Gallery

  • The Great West Door and towers, as seen from Tothill Street

  • A view from the nearby London Eye to the North East

  • At night, from Dean's Yard to the South; artificial light highlights the flying buttresses

  • Four of the ten Christian martyrs depicted in statues above the Great West Door

  • Handel Commemoration in 1784

  • The Quire in 1848.

  • The tomb of King Henry III of England.

  • The West face from below

  • The cloisters of Westminster Abbey looking South West towards Victoria Tower.

  • The west front of Westminster Abbey, with Victoria Tower visible to the East.

  • North facade, built in Gothic style

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