High Altar. Around the altar. In front of the High Altar is one of the Abbey's treasures. This is a marble pavement dating from 1268 and the method of its decoration is known as Cosmati work, after ...

His remains are entombed in front of the Abbey’s High Altar. A view of the Westminster Abbey, The High Altar on June 1, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Dazeley/Getty Images) ...

King Henry III commissioned the intricate mosaic of marble, stone, glass and metal, located in front of the abbey’s high altar, in the 1200s. Italian craftsmen and English masons made it.

Westminster Abbey became a church of royal importance in the 1040s, when Edward the Confessor, one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England, replaced an older monastery dedicated with a new ...

Abbey Marshal Howard Berry stands at the centre of the Cosmati pavement, located before the altar, during a photo call at Westminster Abbey, central London, to announce special events to celebrate ...

Westminster Abbey became a church of royal importance in the 1040s, when Edward the Confessor, one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England, ... Laid in front of the abbey’s high altar, ...

Since the year 1066, Westminster Abbey has been the site of coronations, 16 royal weddings, ... A view of the Westminster Abbey, The High Altar on June 1, 2021 in London, England.