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Was Roman temple at Greenwich Park dedicated to Britannia?
On 6 February 1902, Roman remains were discovered on an artificial mound on the east side of Greenwich Park. The then superintendent of Greenwich Park, Angus Webster, believed that the find – at that time thought to be of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Britannia, Greenwich Park, history, Roman, tesserae
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The geology of Greenwich and east/south-east England
Detail of the beautiful International Geological Map of Europe and the Mediterranean published by Bundesanstalt fur Bodenforschung and UNESCO (1971).
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Tagged geology, greenwich, history
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A masterpiece of human creative genius … the interaction of man and nature over two centuries
From the draft Statement of Outstanding Universal Values, 1.2.5 The Royal Park is a masterpiece of the application by Andre Le Notre of symmetrical landscape design to irregular terrain. 1.2.8 [UNESCO inscription] Criterion (i): represent a masterpiece of human … Continue reading
To begin at the beginning, best beloved
Greenwich affords one of the instances in which the monarch’s property is actually the people’s … for a nobleman makes a paradise only for himself, and fills it with his own pomp and pride; whereas the people are sooner or … Continue reading
