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The Old Royal Naval College are buildings that serve as the architectural centrepiece of Maritime Greenwich, [1] a World Heritage Site in Greenwich, London, described by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation as being of "outstanding universal value" and reckoned to be the "finest and most dramatically sited architectural and landscape ensemble in the British ...
English: The Painted Hall is a stunning room in the old Royal Naval College that features beautiful handpainted walls, ceilings and interiors. Painted by British artist Sir James Thornhill the work took 19 years to complete. It features frescos and artwork painted to create the illusion of intricate architectural features on otherwise flat ...
English: Wall painting by James Thornhill celebrating George I on the Upper Hall west wall of the Painted Hall in the Old Royal Naval College, (Royal Naval College), in Greenwich, London, England, during the 2017/18 conservation project. Camera: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS.
The Royal Naval College, Greenwich, was a Royal Navy training establishment between 1873 and 1998, ... the Painted Hall, ... Toggle the table of contents.
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 College. The word "hospital" was used in ...
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Royal Naval College, Gates, ... The Borough Hall and Meridian House Greenwich: 1939: 13 November 1990 ... Toggle the table of contents.
The vestry of the old palace was not demolished and later became the home of the treasurer of Greenwich Hospital. [29] During construction of the visitors' centre for the painted hall in 2017, two more Tudor palace rooms were uncovered. One room contained bee holes for keeping hives in the winter. The other was believed to be part of the ...