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After an interesting tour of the River Thames with Westminster I am starting to come in the company of my two traveling companions, in Greenwich, borough of London. It is

world famous for being the location for which in the nineteenth century it was agreed to pass the meridian with longitude 0, ie the prime meridian or Greenwich meridian.
Do not forget that Greenwich is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Greenwich for over a thousand years is a gateway to London.

invaders from the mainland who came to London with the help of ships or through the Old Dover Road, built by the Romans.

Meanwhile the boat is close to Greenwich Pier I take this opportunity to photograph and make all the tapings of the landscape that appears before us and admire the Greenwich Power Station and the Old Royal Naval College.

facing the river Thames is the entrance to a beautiful park and a sign tells us to be in the "Old Royal Naval College ", a complex of buildings designed by Sir Christopher Wren .











We enter the "Tourist Information Centre and Discover Greenwich" and take the opportunity to have breakfast at a local characteristic, "The Old Brewery .
After a quick visit between ancient and modern armor souvenirs and gifts we leave the building and gives us a walk in the park.













I untapped in the statue of a Sir Walter Raleigh ... I do not know who he is, but thanks to the photo later realized I can do a search on Wikipedia, and so do his knowledge.

In the distance, on top of a hill, you can see our final destination: the 'Old Royal Observatory , one of London's most famous monuments and the world.

is here that in fact the seat of the Prime Meridian, an imaginary line used to divide the earth in the meridian and parallel, to measure time and time zones around the world and to identify the exact position of each corner of the planet.










In our move towards "Zero Meridian" we are facing a gate inside which is the National Maritime Museum .
The museum tells the story of Britain as a maritime power of prime importance through its extensive collections and an imaginative use of interactive video displays.











Among the exhibits is the currency with which Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson was mortally wounded by a French sniper in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
The blood stains and bullet hole is still visible.

















The exhibits range from primitive boats made of wood and leather to the first examples of Elizabethan galleons, up to the modern cargo ships and cruising.











There are areas dedicated to commerce, British Empire, the expeditions of Captain Cook and other navigators and the Napoleonic Wars.
The most interesting pieces are the royal barges for parades held in the basement, especially built for the Prince Frederick in 1732, decorated with mermaids, shells, and garlands of gold.

The museum, built in the 19th century as a school for the children of sailors, has also included dozens of model ships and many paintings.











We leave the museum and continue the walk.

We meet another majestic palace, " Queen ' House "behind a colonnade decorated with benches and we move towards the" Greenwich Park .











The park was built in 1433 and is crossed by a long corridor leads up the hill to the top of which offers a wonderful view.
Thanks to the sunny day we saw the last stretch of the Thames, the London borough of " Canary Wharf" with its skyscrapers, including the ' HSBC Tower and Citigroup Centre, but above all the " 1 Canada Square, Canary, also known as Wharf Tower which is currently the tallest building in the UK with its 230 meters high.











Along the way, we remain fascinated by some squirrels that are posing in front of my camera and video camera, which hold the nuts directly from the hands of some children.




























Here we are at the top of the Old Royal Observatory.
It was founded by King Charles 2nd in 1675.
The original building is the Flamsteed House, designed by Wren to be home of the astronomer royal. Parallel
Meridian of Longitude Zero was established here in 1884, and you can stand astride the line with one foot in both hemispheres, the eastern and the western at the same time.











At the top of the Observatory is the Timeball , falling exactly one o'clock in the afternoon every day.
This provided the first public time signal in 1833 and the main temple of Greenwich is still used as a time in the world.











After the usual photo in front of the "Meridian" We made the journey back quietly and went back to the starting point of the tour, the quay Westminster Pier.