Palace of Placentia [SEP] inception
Palace of Placentia
The Palace of Placentia was an English Royal Palace built by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in 1443, in Greenwich, on the banks of the River Thames, downstream from London. It was demolished by Charles II in 1660, to make way for a new palace. Nearly 40 years later, the Greenwich Hospital (now the Old Royal Naval College) was built on the spot instead.
History.
Humphrey was regent during the rule of Henry VI and built the palace, in 1433,
Placentia
Placentia may refer to:
- Palace of Placentia, an English Royal Palace
- Placentia, California, United States
- Placentia, Italy
- Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Battle of Placentia (disambiguation)
- Placentia Bay
- , the name of two ships of the Royal Navy
See also.
- Placencia, Belize
- Plasencia, Spain
- Plentzia, Basque country
- Piacenza (disambiguation)
- Plaisance (disambiguation), a French word