Above the Abbey's Great West Door stand ten statues to modern martyrs - Christians who gave up their lives for their beliefs. The martyrs are drawn from every continent and many Christian …

Brilliant ruby and sapphire glass, with heraldic shields set in a grisaille (or grey monochrome) pattern, filled the windows. The chapel screens and tombs added to the display of colour. By …

Sculptures represent Saint George and the Dragon, Edward the Confessor and Henry III (builders of Westminster Abbey), Elizabeth I (second founder of the school) and Queen Victoria. [10] …

Over the Great West Door are ten statues of 20th-century Christian martyrs of various denominations; the statues were sculpted by the abbey's craftsmen in 1998. [146] Those …

There is a series of 19th century statues on one side, including those to William Gladstone, Benjamin Disraeli and Robert Peel. Three statues commemorate members of the Canning …

2020年10月31日 · Richard Coeur de Lion is a magnificent equestrian statue of the 12th century English monarch Richard I, also known as Richard the Lionheart. Richard I ruled in the years …

While I was standing at the west front of Westminster Abbey last week [12 August 2019], I spent some time thinking about ten modern martyrs whose statues stand above the Abbey’s Great …

2024年10月8日 · Westminster Abbey itself was largely constructed in the thirteenth century, although many modifications have been made over the centuries. The façade over the western …

In July 1998, ten statues of martyrs of the twentieth century were unveiled surmounting the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey. These statues were intended to represent those millions of …

2025年1月16日 · Westminster Abbey, Pavement of St Edward the Confessor's Chapel. Surrounding the ambulatory are the following chapels—Henry VII's chapel or Lady chapel on …