A church was first put on this site in the 7th century, and coronations of British monarchs have been held here since, gulp 1066. There have been 16 royal weddings here since the year 1100 (the last was Prince William and Catherine Middleton - too bad we don't hear much about that couple), and the current building started to go up in 1245.
As you'd expect, it's a great honor to be buried here. Sir Isaac Newton is here, and so is Charles Darwin.
After getting this close to the building, I was curious about what it looked like. There are clues here:
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