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, 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 College. The word "hospital" was used in its original sense of a place providing hospitality for those in need of it, and did not refer to medical care, although the buildings included an infirmary which, after Greenwich Hospital closed, operated as Dreadnought Seaman's Hospital until 1986.
Greenwich Hospital, in the painting London from Greenwich Park, in 1809, by William Turner
Detail in the Chapel of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
The Painted Hall
Chapel, as refitted by James Stuart after a fire
Greenwich
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Greenwich is a town in south-east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London. It is situated 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east-south-east of Charing Cross.
Royal Observatory, Greenwich
Old Royal Naval College and University of Greenwich buildings on the bank of the River Thames
Prehistoric burial mounds in Greenwich Park
Adriaen van Stalbemt's A View of Greenwich, c. 1632, showing King Charles I (in the black hat) and his family. Greenwich Palace can be seen in front of the River Thames behind them. Royal Collection, London.