Palace of Placentia

Coordinates: 51°28′56″N 0°00′24″W / 51.48222°N 0.00667°W / 51.48222; -0.00667
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The Palace of Placentia, after a 17th-century drawing

The Palace of Placentia was an English Royal Palace built by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester in 1447, in Greenwich, on the banks of the River Thames, downstream from London. It was the place of the birth of Elizabeth I in 1533. The Palace was demolished in the seventeenth century .

51°28′56″N 0°00′24″W / 51.48222°N 0.00667°W / 51.48222; -0.00667