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Queen’s Chapel

The Queen's Chapel is a chapel in central , England. Designed by Inigo Jones, it was built between 1623 and 1625 as an adjunct to St. James's Palace, initially as a Catholic chapel for the Infanta Maria Anna of Spain, Holy Roman Empress, who in the end never used it because she didn't marry King Charles I of England.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Anglican
  • Description: church building in Westminster, London, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Queen’s Chapel, St James‘ Palace”
  • Address: London
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and Marlborough House.

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The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

Government office
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, a Grade I listed mansion on in , , , is the headquarters of the Commonwealth of Nations and the seat of the Commonwealth Secretariat.

Castle
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is a royal residence on in the , London. It was built in 1825–1827, adjacent to , for the royal Duke of Clarence, the future King William IV. is situated 510 feet southwest of Queen’s Chapel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St James’s and Whitehall.

Neighborhood
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St James's is a district of , and a central district in the , London, forming part of the . The area was once part of the northwestern gardens and parks of St.

Locality
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is a road and area in the , Central London, England. The road forms the first part of the A3212 road from to .

Suburb
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is an ethnic enclave in the , London, bordering to its north and west, Theatreland to the south and east. The enclave currently occupies the area in and around Gerrard Street.

Queen’s Chapel

Latitude
51.50499° or 51° 30′ 18″ north
Longitude
-0.13685° or 0° 8′ 13″ west
Open location code
9C3XGV37+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 161800470
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­anglican
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q7269945
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Slovak—“Queen’s Chapel” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “女王礼拜堂”
  • Chinese: “女王禮拜堂”
  • Czech: “Královnina kaple”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مصلى الملكه”
  • Greek: “Παρεκκλήσι της Βασίλισσας στο Ουέστμινστερ”
  • Portuguese: “Capela da Rainha”
  • Slovak: “Kráľovnina kaplnka”

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Highlights include Dean’s Residence, Queen’s Chapel and Queen Alexandra Memorial.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Queen’s Chapel”. Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.