Westminster Abbey 100 London UK 050622

Poets' Corner and so much more

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May 6th 2022
Our primary targets for today's assault on London were Westminster Abbey, the Churchill War Rooms, and the London Eye. Westminster Abbey is a huge edifice nearby Parliament and Big Ben. The church is officially the Collegiate Church of St. Peter at Westminster. Its founding at that site is said to have originated when a fisherman boy saw a vision of St. Peter at the site. Thus began a tradition ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more