Tuesday, June 06, 2006


Here we are ......

..... at The Old Royal Naval College, the great baroque masterpiece of English architecture, set in landscaped grounds on the River Thames in the centre of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site.

Greenwich Hospital was established in 1694 by Royal Charter for the relief and support of seamen and their dependants and for the improvement of navigation.

Sir Christopher Wren planned the site, described as "one of the most sublime sights English architecture affords", and during the first half of the eighteenth century various illustrious architects, such as Hawksmoor and Vanbrugh, completed Wren's grand design.

In 1869 the Hospital was closed, and in 1873 the complex of buildings became the Royal Naval College , where officers from all over the world came to train in the naval sciences. That was the last time I saw it. We used to live in Canning Town over the river but now .....

In 1998 the Royal Navy left Greenwich and handed over responsibility for the site to the Greenwich Foundation. In the Autumn of 1999 the University of Greenwich began teaching here, and were joined in October 2001 by Trinity College of Music.

The conference in session .......... like no other .....


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