Title

Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, 2012

Caption

Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, 2012. Originally founded as a hospital for seamen in the 1690s, its architects include Christopher Wren, Nicholas Hawksmoor and John Vanbrugh. Part of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site. Behind the buildings is the dressage arena for the London 2012 Olympics. Photographed in September 2012.

Date

2012

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B36_083

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

69,8Mb (4,0Mb) / 20,2in x 13,4in / 6048 x 4032 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors river building buildings London England River Thames Thames sport hospital architecture country British geography English color colour county Olympics location century stands Kent Britain outside riverbank 21st century aerial view venue 17th century Olympic games Greenwich dressage Sports ground bird's eye view aerial photography 18th century Eighteenth Century seventeenth century English Heritage geographical feature Greenwich Hospital Royal Naval College TGN Nicholas photograph John Sir Christopher Wren Wren Christopher Sir Christopher Christopher Wren John Vanbrugh Vanbrugh John Vanburgh Nicholas Hawksmoor Hawksmoor 2010s Sir John Vanburgh Damian Grady Grady Damian Sir Christopher Wren Nicholas Hawksmoor John Vanbrugh photograph