Greenwich Hospital, London
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Greenwich Hospital was a permanent home for retired sailors of the Royal Navy, which operated from 1692 to 1869. Its buildings, initially Greenwich Palace, in Greenwich, London, were later used by the
Greenwich Hospital, in the painting London from Greenwich Park, in 1809, by William Turner
Detail in the Chapel of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Chapel, as refitted by James Stuart after a fire
The Painted Hall
Palace of Placentia
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The Palace of Placentia, also known as Greenwich Palace, was an English royal residence that was initially built by Prince Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in 1443. Over the centuries it took several dif
Greenwich Hospital, London
…Greenwich Hospital was a permanent home for retired sailors of the Royal Navy, which operated from 1692 to 1869. Its buildings, initially Greenwich Palace, in Greenwich, London, were later used by the Royal Naval College, Greenwich and the University of Greenwich, and are now known as the Old Royal Naval…
The Palace of Placentia, after it was rebuilt around 1500 by Henry VII
A sketch of the Tudor era Greenwich Palace, published long after it was demolished, in The Gentleman's Magazine in 1840 (earlier published by W. Bristow in 1797)
An early-17th century painting of the palace (now at Kingston Lacy).
Historic marker on the site of the former palace