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Guider till museer, historiska platser & konstgallerier

Format: Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 36
Utgivningsdatum: 2001-01-01
Förlag: Jarrold Publishing
Originalspråk: English
Illustrationer: 74 colour images, 1 floor plan
ISBN: 9780711710726

The book deals with the areas of the Abbey in the order that you will visit them, providing some historical background and details of major memorials. It will also make a delightful souvenir to enjoy when you have returned home. Long description = Jarrold Publishing is proud to present its colourful and well-researched guide and tour to Westminster Abbey. Without a source of information about the Abbey, you may find the experience somewhat overwhelming. However, this detailed guide will help you to fully appreciate and understand this awesome place of worship and house of the Kings. The book deals with the areas of the Abbey in the order that you will visit them, providing some historical background and details of major memorials. It will also make a delightful souvenir to enjoy when you have returned home. This book includes information about the history of Westminster Abbey to the memorials for 20th-century victims and martyrs. It is well-illustrated aid, with a colour map, which enables the full glory of the Abbey to strike you, as it must have struck the millions of pilgrims over the centuries.

The History of Westminster Abbey 6) The North Transept and Quire Aisle 8) The North Ambulatory 9) The Tomb of Elizabeth I 10) The Chapel of Henry VII (The Lady Chapel) 15) The South Ambulatory 16) The Chapel of St Edward the Confessor 18) The South Transept and Poets' Corner 20) The Quire and Sanetuary 22) Coronations and special occasions 24) The Chapter House, Cloisters and Pyx Chamber 26) The Nave 30) St Margaret's Church 32) Twentieth-century victims and martyrs 33) Prayr