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From Tudor Palace to the centrepiece of Maritime Greenwich, the Old Royal Naval College is a UNESCO World Heritage site with 600 years of rich history. This iconic riverside estate boasts 600 years of rich history linking an incredible cast of monarchs and famous British figures including King Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I, William Shakespeare, ...
- Life as a Greenwich Pensioner
At its peak, the Royal Hospital housed over 2,700 naval...
- The Painted Hall Through Time
National Gallery of Naval Art. For a hundred years from 1824...
- The Wrens
In 1939 the first female students, the WRNS (Women’s Royal...
- Royal Naval College
The Royal Naval College provided state-of-the-art training...
- Greenwich Palace
The site of the Old Royal Naval College was once the Palace...
- Today
For 25 years The Greenwich Foundation has conserved the...
- HRH Prince Philip
The Duke of Edinburgh was made Baron Greenwich of the Royal...
- Black Greenwich Pensioners
Between 1694 and 1869, the Old Royal Naval College was home...
- Life as a Greenwich Pensioner
In 1873, four years after the hospital closed, the buildings were converted to a training establishment for the Royal Navy. The Royal Navy finally left the College in 1998 when the site passed into the hands of the Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College.
History. The Royal Naval College, Greenwich, was founded by an Order in Council dated 16 January 1873. The establishment of its officers consisted of a President, who was always a Flag Officer; a Captain, Royal Navy; a Director of Studies; and Professors of Mathematics, Physical Science, Chemistry, Applied Mechanics, and Fortification.
e. Britannia Royal Naval College ( BRNC ), is the naval academy of the United Kingdom and the initial officer training establishment of the Royal Navy. It is located on a hill overlooking the port of Dartmouth, Devon, England. Royal Naval officer training has taken place in Dartmouth since 1863.
Il Royal Naval College di Greenwich è stato dal 1873 al 1998 un istituto d’istruzione militare di primo piano della Royal Navy. I suoi edifici, costruiti per fungere da ospedale tra il 1696 e il 1712, su ordine di re Guglielmo III d'Inghilterra e battezzato originariamente Royal Naval Hospital for Sailors ovvero Regio Ospedale per Marinai.
21 lug 2021 · History. There was a Tudor royal palace at Greenwich, built by Henry VII and later rebuilt by Henry VIII to create an opulent residence on the south bank of the Thames. Among the delights built by Henry VIII were a tiltyard, stables, kennels, a cockpit and tennis courts, for Henry was fond of the game.
30 mar 2024 · Het complex, dat tot voor kort het Royal Naval College was, is ontworpen door Christopher Wren. Het park is aangelegd op basis van een origineel ontwerp van André le Nôtre en bevat het Old Royal Observatory, dat tegenwoordig de basis is voor het meten van tijd en lengte over de hele wereld. Source: unesco.nl
