UNESCO World Heritage Site

Maritime Greenwich

Maritime Greenwich is a cultural UNESCO World Heritage Site in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, inscribed in 1997.

The ensemble of buildings at Greenwich, an outlying district of London, and the park in which they are set, symbolize English artistic and scientific endeavour in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Queen's House (by Inigo Jones) was the first Palladian building in England, while th

The ensemble of buildings at Greenwich, an outlying district of London, and the park in which they are set, symbolize English artistic and scientific endeavour in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Queen's House (by Inigo Jones) was the first Palladian building in England, while the complex that was until recently the Royal Naval College was designed by Christopher Wren. The park, laid out on the basis of an original design by André Le Nôtre, contains the Old Royal Observatory, the work of Wren and the scientist Robert Hooke.

Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Region
Europe
Category
Cultural
Inscribed
1997
UNESCO reference
795
Area
109.47 ha

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