One Journey To Greenwich

Greenwich is a borough of South East of London. It gave its name to the Greenwich Meridian (0° longitude) and Greenwich Mean Time. The establishments on the right bank of the Thames include Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich Observatory and Queen's House. From the hill where the observatory is located one can enjoy the lovely view of Canary Warf and the whole Greenwich park itself.

Royal Naval Hospital was founded in 1694 by Queen Mary II for injured sailors. It was based on the model of Les Invalides and the Chelsea Hospital. The hospital had existed till 1869. Following the year of 1873 it was turned into the Naval College. In 1998 the College ceased to exist as well and nowadays the establishment is owned by the Greenwich University and is used as a Museum.

Queen's House in the center is a two-storey mansion built in the beginning of the 17th century.

While constructing the Royal Hospital the palace occupied the most central position. This will be  the VIP center during the 2012 Olympic Games.

It is not allowed to take pictures inside the building and a huge number of custodians preserve peace and order here. In spite of the fact we managed to get a picture of an elegant and airy Tulip Staircase.

The view of the O2 Arena, one of the best entertainment complexes in the world. It will host the Olympic artistic gymnastics, trampoline gymnastics and the basketball final.

The Painted Hall and the Chapel are the two rooms available for visitors. The Chapel of St. Peter and St. Paul was completed in 1751.

A disastrous fire that occurred in 1779 armed the internal part of the building and that's why there arose a need in construction works. The era of English Baroque was replaced by Classical Greek Renaissance.

The picture painted by Sir Benjamin West depicts St. Paul's shipwreck on Malta.

The organ was made in 1789 and is used for playing by an organist from the Trinity College of Music till now.

To reach the Painted Hall one needs to climb the stairs which gives a better view of the fresco on the ceiling.

This banquet hall was the most famous one in Europe. The body of Admiral Lord Nelson was brought here to lie and was buried in St. Paul's Chapel 3 days later.

Let's investigate some parts of the huge Naval Museum.

Britannia III is a boat that could develop the speed of 100 miles per hour.

The sea king is telling kids his fairy-tales.

The glass painting was made especially for the Baltic Exchange.

The rear part of the ship named Implacable which was known as Duguay-Trouin ship and was captured by the British after the battle of Trafalgar.

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