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Queen's House is a former royal residence built between 1616 and 1635. It was built near the now demolished Greenwich Palace , a few miles downriver from the City of London and is now in the London borough of Greenwich . It presently forms a central focus of what is now the Old Royal Naval College with a grand vista leading to the River Thames . The Queen's House architect, Inigo Jones, was commissioned by Queen Anne of Denmark in 1616 and again, in 1635, by Queen Henrietta Maria to finish the house. The Queen's House was commissioned by both Anne and Henrietta as a place to display artworks they had accumulated and commissioned; This includes a ceiling of the Great Hall that features a work by Orazio Gentileschi titled Allegory of Peace and the Arts.
Queen's House is one of the most important buildings in British architectural history, due to it being the first consciously classical building to have been constructed in the country. It was Jones's first major commission after returning from his 1613–1615 grand tour of Roman , Renaissance and Palladian architecture in Italy. Some earlier English buildings, such as Longleat and Burghley House , had made borrowings from the classical style but the structure of these buildings was not informed by an understanding of classical precedents. Queen's House would have appeared revolutionary during this period. Although it diverges from the mathematical constraints of Palladio, Jones is often credited with the introduction of Palladianism with the construction of the Queen's House. Jones' unique architecture of the Queen's House also includes features like the Tulip Stairs, an intricate wrought iron staircase that holds itself up, and the Great Hall, a perfect cube.
After its brief use as a home for Royalty, the Queen's House was renovated into the Royal Hospital for Seamen . Today the building is both a Grade I listed building and a scheduled monument ; A status that includes the 115-foot-wide (35 m) axial vista to the River Thames . The house is now part of the National Maritime Museum and is used to display parts of its substantial collection of maritime paintings and portraits. - more at Wikipedia .
Visitor Information: https://www.rmg.co.uk/queens-house
#iwasthere several times before walking uphill through Greenwich Park to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
Queen's House is one of the most important buildings in British architectural history, due to it being the first consciously classical building to have been constructed in the country. It was Jones's first major commission after returning from his 1613–1615 grand tour of Roman , Renaissance and Palladian architecture in Italy. Some earlier English buildings, such as Longleat and Burghley House , had made borrowings from the classical style but the structure of these buildings was not informed by an understanding of classical precedents. Queen's House would have appeared revolutionary during this period. Although it diverges from the mathematical constraints of Palladio, Jones is often credited with the introduction of Palladianism with the construction of the Queen's House. Jones' unique architecture of the Queen's House also includes features like the Tulip Stairs, an intricate wrought iron staircase that holds itself up, and the Great Hall, a perfect cube.
After its brief use as a home for Royalty, the Queen's House was renovated into the Royal Hospital for Seamen . Today the building is both a Grade I listed building and a scheduled monument ; A status that includes the 115-foot-wide (35 m) axial vista to the River Thames . The house is now part of the National Maritime Museum and is used to display parts of its substantial collection of maritime paintings and portraits. - more at Wikipedia .
Visitor Information: https://www.rmg.co.uk/queens-house
#iwasthere several times before walking uphill through Greenwich Park to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
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very nice place, I was there several times as well, and every october I visit the park to collect chestnuts,
The Queen's House is part of the National Maritime Museum which hold the remains of the Titanic.
The Queen's House is part of the National Maritime Museum which hold the remains of the Titanic.
