About eight months have passed since the death of the last ruler of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II, and in a few days the new monarch, her son Carlos, will be crowned.
The chosen location will be Westminster Abbey, which has been the site of coronations for centuries. Namely, the temple has been preparing for this event since the end of April, so it will remain closed until Monday, May 8.
When will the coronation of King Carlos III take place?
Built between 1042 and 1052, it is considered a work of architecture from the 13th to the 16th century, and has been the scene of all the coronations of kings and queens since 1066, as well as sixteen royal weddings.
According to the story published on the official website, in the 1040s, King Edward established a royal palace on the banks of the River Thames, where a small Benedictine monastery was located, founded around 960. There, Edward decided to expand it and built a church in honor of St. Peter the Apostle, later known as the Cathedral of the West.
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The only thing left in force from that monastery are the semicircular arches and supporting columns of the crypt as well as the chambers in the cloisters. The first coronation that took place was that of William the Conqueror on Christmas Day 1066.
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In the middle of the 13th century, King Henry III decided to rebuild the abbey in the Gothic architectural style. “By decree of the King of England, Westminster Abbey was designed not only as a great monastery and place of worship, but also as a place for the coronation and burial of the monarch. That church was consecrated on October 13, 1269,” it was stated.
As for the coronation, only Edward V and Edward VIII. they were not crowned in the abbey, and the last one was Isabella II, so Carlos will be the 40th coronation in the temple.
Another unusual aspect of the temple is that it was only in 2010 that the Pope, Benedict XVI, visited it.
Within its foundations are buried 17 monarchs, as well as their wives, as well as various personalities such as Charles Darwin, Stephen Hawking, Charles Dickens, Isaac Newton, among others.
It has also been the scene of 16 royal weddings, the most recent being the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in 2011.
Source: Eluniverso
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