Greenwich Park
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Greenwich Park is a former hunting park in Greenwich and one of the largest single green spaces in south-east London. One of the eight Royal Parks of London, and the first to be enclosed, it covers 74
Greenwich Park, London, from the observatory
The Old Royal Observatory, Flamsteed House, Greenwich Park geograph.org.uk 8036507
Greenwich Park Deer
Queen Elizabeth's Oak in Greenwich Park
Queen's House
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Queen's House is a former royal residence in the London borough of Greenwich, which presently serves as a public art gallery. It was built between 1616 and 1635 on the grounds of the now demolished Gr
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…castle, called Greenwich Castle or Duke Humphrey's Tower, on the hill. The former evolved first into the Tudor Palace of Placentia and then into the Queen's House and Greenwich Hospital. Greenwich Castle, by now in disrepair, was chosen for the site of the Royal Observatory by Charles II in 1675, on the advice…
The Queen's House, viewed from the main gate
Plans of the Queen's House. The salon is a 40-foot (12.2 m) cube.
The Tulip Stairs and lantern; the first centrally unsupported helical stairs constructed in England. The stairs are supported by a cantilever from the walls with each tread resting on the one below.
Allegory of Peace and the Arts under the English Crown, by Orazio Gentileschi