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Royal Borough of Greenwich Royal Borough of Greenwich Royal Placentia Palace at Greenwich- 1433 Birth Place of Birthplace of Henry VII and Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth 1st and her sister Mary Henry VIII’s Uncle (Edward) granted him a tilt-yard behind the Placentia Palace for his Jousting. This became Greenwich Park (World Heritage Site) 2012 was used for the equestrian section of the Olympic Games Remains of the old Tudor Palace at Greenwich © Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich I’m told that the Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College, is the charity that cares for the site, & is already considering ways to keep the archaeology on show within their new visitor centre. It is reliant on quickly raising the additional funds of course, Nowhere else at Greenwich is the Tudor palace visible (there is a small surviving cellar below a nearby building but it is rarely accessible to the public). Being able to offer visitors even a tiny glimpse of the remains of this once great royal house will be an astonishing outcome from this wonderful project. Transportation: DLR (Docklands Light Railway) Walk from her to Cutty Sark and painted ceiling in the Royal Naval College & the Visitor’s Centre the Trains from Bank to Poplar- then a walk under the River Thames to Greenwich. Designed by Brunel River boats leave from Greenwich downstream to the Thames Barrier and up-stream to Westminster and The London Eye. Water Taxi There is excellent access by train to Greenwich and to the Cutty Sark station. From there it is but a short walk to Tourist information centre inside the Royal Naval College or go round the corner to the covered market. Which has changed from being a craft market and today it boasts multinational food outlets. There was a move to put a motorway through Greenwich which was met with huge local opposition. Locals won in the end. Film and TV Location St ALFEGE CHURCH This is the parish church of Greenwich which was built to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor in 1711-1714. The spire was added by John James in 1730. This is to mark the spot where Archbishop Alfege was murdered by the Danes in 1012… This became the royal church when the Tudors held court in Greenwich Palace. Thomas Tallis was the royal organist from 1540-1585. Amongst today’s ‘street furniture’ is a solar powered traffic sign. From Brewing to consuming and retailing, Davies Wine Bar took over the Lovibonds buildings Alistair Hook, brew master, set up the renowned Meantime Brewery in 2000. Museums-National Maritime Museum The Cutty Sark was destroyed by Fire during the war and again in 2007- now restored. This area was not very affluent and was demolished for The Cutty Sark Visitor’s centre. Inigo Jones and Classical architecture The famous architect Inigo Jones was commissioned to design the building in 1616 by King James I’s wife, Anne Queen’s House of Denmark – supposedly a gift from the king to apologise for swearing in front of her after she had accidentally killed one of his favourite dogs during a hunt. Anne of Denmark never lived to see Inigo Jones’s progressive Classical design realised, dying in 1619 with only the first floor completed. It was not until 1629, when James’s son Charles I gave Greenwich to his wife Henrietta Maria, that work on it resumed. The Queen’s House was completed around 1636 and is considered the first fully Classical building in England. Restored to glory- Armada Portrait (located in the Queen’s House). The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I of England is the name of any of three surviving versions of an allegorical panel painting depicting the Tudorqueen surrounded by symbols of imperial majesty against a backdrop representing the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. Spiral Staircase inside The Queen’s House Chapel to the Royal naval college with its Wedgewood ceiling designed by Christopher Wren, and built between 1696 and 1712. The hospital closed in 1869. Between 1873 and 1998 it was the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Painted Ceiling inside Royal Naval College been restored and cleaned by a team of conservationists The Painted Hall was decorated by Sir James Thornhill, the first artist ever British artist to be knighted. It is the lavish centrepiece of the Old Royal Naval College, founded in 1694 by Mary II and designed by Christopher Wren. The ceiling was painted between 1707 and 1726, and celebrates Britain’s maritime power. Plus signs of the Zodiac Royal Observatory- With International date line The Royal Observatory, Greenwich is an observatory situated on a hill in Greenwich Park, overlooking the River Thames. It played a major role in the history of astronomy and navigation, and is best known for the fact that the prime meridian of {0 Latitude} passes through it, and thereby gave its name to Greenwich Mean Time. A marine chronometer is a timepiece that is precise and accurate enough to be used as a portable time standard; it can therefore be used to determine longitude by means of celestial navigation. When first developed in the 18th century, it was a major technical achievement, as accurate knowledge of the time over a long sea voyage is necessary for navigation, lacking electronic or communications aids. The first true chronometer was the life work of one man, John Harrison, spanning 31 years of persistent experimentation and testing that revolutionized naval (and later aerial) navigation and enabling the Age of Discovery and Colonialism to accelerate. How much do you think he was paid? The Fan Museum Answer: £2,000 in 1844-1860 The Fan Museum, which opened in 1991, is the world's first museum dedicated to the preservation and display of fans.[1] It is located within two grade II* listed houses built in 1721 in the Greenwich World Heritage Site in southeast London, England. Along with the museum, there is an orangerydecorated with murals, a Japanese-style garden with a fan-shaped parterre, a pond and a stream. .
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