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The terrible fire that destroyed one of Europe’s finest palaces. At the time of its fiery destruction in 1698, Whitehall Palace was probably the largest palace in Europe; the centre of English royal power for 168 years. The fabulous palace was created by Cardinal Wolsey as his central London residence.
- Henry VIII's Whitehall Palace Archaeology - Historic Royal Palaces
On January 4 1698 a catastrophic fire broke out in Whitehall...
- Henry VIII's Whitehall Palace Archaeology - Historic Royal Palaces
17 de ago. de 2023 · On January 4 1698 a catastrophic fire broke out in Whitehall Palace. The Banqueting House, arguably the most architecturally and artistically important part of the palace was saved and can still be seen today, but the rest of Whitehall Palace was razed to the ground.
The Palace of Whitehall – also spelled White Hall – at Westminster was the main residence of the English monarchs from 1530 until 1698, when most of its structures, with the notable exception of Inigo Jones's Banqueting House of 1622, were destroyed by fire.
4 de ene. de 2016 · On this day in 1698, a basket of linen caught fire burning to the ground one of Europe's most complex and beautiful royal residences – the Palace of Whitehall.
Whitehall Palace caught alight on January 4th, 1698. This was not the first fire at the palace, but it was the most catastrophic. Firefighters fought the blaze for two days using water pumps...
On 9 April 1691 a maid ignited a bunch of candles, the fire quickly gripped the oldest and most densely packed part of the palace reducing it to rubble. While the fire of 1691 was limited in its extent and consequences, a second conflagration on 4 January 1698 effectively destroyed the entire residential part of the palace.
Banqueting House is the only remaining complete building of Whitehall Palace, the sovereign's principal residence from 1530 until 1698 when it was destroyed by fire.
