Since the year 1066, Westminster Abbey has been the site of coronations, 16 royal weddings, and countless funerals; 30 kings and queens are among the 3,300 buried there.

Prisma by Dukas/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. Over the centuries, Westminster Abbey has endured a variety of dangers: everything from 17th-century Puritans trying to destroy religious ...

Over the centuries, Westminster Abbey has endured a variety of dangers: everything from 17th-century Puritans trying to destroy religious images inside, which they considered idolatrous, to a homemade ...

Westminster Abbey was briefly referenced in Roger Miller’s No. 1 hit, “England Swings” in 1964. The song, written and sung by Miller, mentions famous landmarks like the abbey and Big Ben.

Westminster Abbey in London rang its bells for Prince William in honor of his 41st birthday, ... Victoria Jones - WPA Pool/Getty Images. Prince William is ringing in his birthday!

Left: A 19th-Century Portrait of Charlemagne. Right: A 1749 painting of Westminster Abbey. Photo: Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis via Getty Images; Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images ...

Over the centuries, Westminster Abbey has endured a variety of dangers: everything from 17th-century Puritans trying to destroy religious images inside, which they considered idolatrous, to a ...

Rising above the Thames in London, Westminster Abbey has been the site of coronations since 1066 and the final resting place for royalty, authors, poets, statesmen and scientists.

Westminster Abbey became a church of royal importance in the 1040s, when Edward the Confessor, ... everything from 17th-century Puritans trying to destroy religious images inside, ...