Westminster Abbey
威斯敏斯特教堂

Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of St. Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic church in the City of Westminster, London. It is located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. As one of the most notable religious buildings in the United Kingdom, it has been the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English monarchs.
威斯敏斯特教堂，全称为威斯敏斯特圣彼得牧师团教堂，是一座大型哥特式风格的教堂，坐落于伦敦的威斯敏斯特市，在威斯敏斯特宫的西边。作为英国最著名的宗教建筑之一，威斯敏斯特教堂成为英国君主安葬或加冕登基的地方。

According to a tradition, the Abbey was first founded in 616 on the present site. Between 1042 and 1052 King Edward the Confessor began rebuilding St. Peter's Abbey to provide himself with a royal burial church. It was not completed until around 1090, but was consecrated on 28 December 1065, only a week before Edward's death. Henry Ⅲ rebuilt the abbey in honor of Edward the Confessor, whose relics were placed in a shrine in the sanctuary.
传说威斯敏斯特教堂在616年已经建成。在1042年至1052年期间，爱德华国王开始重建圣彼得教堂，为自己建造一处皇家教堂墓地，直到1090年教堂才完工。1065年12月28日教堂成为神址，仅仅发生在爱德华去世的前一周。亨利三世重建教堂用来纪念爱德华，装有爱德华遗骸的圣龛被摆放在圣坛中央。

Until the death of George II of Great Britain in 1760, most kings and queens were buried in the abbey. Westminster Abbey is also the place where some of the most significant people in the nation's history are buried or commemorated. The practice spread to include generals, admirals, politicians, doctors and scientists such as Isaac Newton, buried on 4 April 1727, and Charles Darwin, buried 26 April 1882. In 1987 it was listed by the UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
直到1760年英国乔治二世去世，大多数国王和女王一直都被安葬在威斯敏斯特教堂。英国历史上一些伟大的人物也安葬在此。这一传统惠及将军、上将、政治家、医生和科学家，如牛顿在1727年4月4日安葬于此，达尔文在1882年4月26日也安葬于此。1987年，威斯敏斯特教堂被列入联合国教科文组织的世界遗产目录。