Painted Hall

E228306
Baroque interior hall tourist attraction

The Painted Hall is a grand Baroque interior in Greenwich, London, renowned for its elaborate ceiling and wall paintings celebrating British maritime power and royal history.

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Painted Hall canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque interior ⓘ
hall ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs “Britain’s Sistine Chapel” ⓘ
architecturalStyle Baroque ⓘ
borough Royal Borough of Greenwich ⓘ
ceilingPaintingsBy James Thornhill ⓘ
ceilingSubject allegorical scenes of the Protestant succession ⓘ
naval victories ⓘ
city London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
commissionedBy Mary II of England ⓘ
surface form: Mary II

William III of England ⓘ
surface form: William III
constructionEnd 1707 ⓘ
constructionStart 1698 ⓘ
contains Lower Hall ⓘ
Upper Hall ⓘ
Vestibule ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
designedBy Christopher Wren ⓘ
Nicholas Hawksmoor ⓘ
floorCount 2 ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building interior ⓘ
interiorPaintingsBy James Thornhill ⓘ
laterUse ceremonial space ⓘ
reception hall ⓘ
tourist site ⓘ
locatedOn south bank of the River Thames ⓘ
location England ⓘ
Greenwich ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

United Kingdom ⓘ
managedBy Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College ⓘ
surface form: Old Royal Naval College Foundation
notableFigureDepicted George I of Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: George I

Mary II of England ⓘ
surface form: Mary II

Anne, Queen of Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Queen Anne

Stadtholder William III of Orange ⓘ
surface form: William III
openToPublic true ⓘ
originalFunction dining hall for naval pensioners ⓘ
paintingWorkEnd 1726 ⓘ
paintingWorkStart 1707 ⓘ
partOf Maritime Greenwich ⓘ
surface form: Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site

Old Royal Naval College ⓘ
reopeningAfterConservation 2019 ⓘ
theme celebration of British maritime power ⓘ
celebration of royal history ⓘ
underwentMajorConservation 2014–2019 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponentOf Maritime Greenwich ⓘ
usedFor events ⓘ
filming location ⓘ
wallPaintingsBy James Thornhill ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Royal Naval College → hasPart → Painted Hall ⓘ
Greenwich Hospital (collaborative work) → hasPart → Painted Hall ⓘ
Greenwich Hospital (Royal Hospital for Seamen), Greenwich → hasPart → Painted Hall ⓘ