London - Royal Naval College

No visit to Greenwich should omit the Painted Hall and Chapel of the old Greenwich Hospital, now the Royal Naval College. The College occupies a historic site, originally occupied by a palace erected by Edward I (1272-1307) and later by the Palace of Placentia built by the Duke of Gloucester in 1428, a favorite residence of Henry VII and other Tudor monarchs. Here Henry VIII was born, married Catherine of Aragon and Anne of Cleves, and signed the death warrant of Anne Boleyn. His daughters Mary I and Elizabeth I were born in the palace. In the time of Cromwell it was used as a prison. In 1664 John Webb began to build a new palace for Charles II, and this was completed by Wren in 1696-98, by which time it had been decided to use the