Palace of Placentia

The Palace of Placentia, also known as Greenwich Palace,

was an English royal residence that was initially built by Prince Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in 1443. Over the centuries it took several different forms, until it was turned into a hospital in the 1690s. The palace was a place designed for pleasure, entertainment and an escape from the city. It was located at Greenwich on the south bank of the River Thames, downstream from London.

On a hill behind his palace, the duke built Duke Humphrey's Tower, later known as Greenwich Castle; the "castle" was subsequently demolished to make way for the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, which survives. The original river-side residence was extensively rebuilt around 1500 by King Henry VII. A detached residence, the Queen's House, was built on the estate in the early 1600s and also survives. In 1660, the old main palace was demolished by Charles II to make way for a proposed new palace, which was only partly constructed in the east wing. Nearly forty years later, at the behest of Queen Mary II, the Greenwich Hospital (now called the Old Royal Naval College) remodelled this wing, expanded, and rebuilt on the site.

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Palace of Placentiaは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界277位（全3,734件中）、イングランドの160件では28位にランクされています。1443年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の54%より古い城です（15世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の193件のひとつ）。イングランドが他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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