ROYAL OBSERVATORY
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Commissioned by King Charles II in 1675 from architect Christopher Wren, the Royal Observatory enabled astronomer John Flamsteed to observe the heavens. The surrounding royal park was partly designed by Le Nôtre. Inside the Observatory is the Greenwich meridian, the outline of which can be seen on the floor. In 1884, it was decided that the Greenwich meridian would correspond to the 0 meridian, from which all distances would be measured from east to west. More recently, calculations have placed the meridian a little further east than the line!
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Au sommet de l'Observatoire, on observe un curieux ballon rouge surmonté d'une croix qui monte tous les jours à 13h qui permet aux marins de savoir l'heure.
Le site offre un panorama magnifique sur les Docklands.
On peut même franchir de chaque côté le célèbre méridien de Greenwich représenté sur le sol par un tracé lumineux.