1676 -- Royal Observatory -- Greenwich, London, UK
N 51° 28.679 W 000° 00.122
30U E 708176 N 5707243
The dated construction plaque at the entrance to the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, built in 1676
Waymark Code: WMT45G
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/22/2016
Views: 6
King Charles II commissioned and ordered the construction for a Royal Observatory at Greenwich in 1676. The First Astronomer Royal. John Flamsteed, moved in the next year, and began observing the stars.
This plaque outside the entrance to the observatory building reads as follows:
"Carolus IIs Rex optimus
Astonomiae et navticeartis
Patronus maximus
Speculam icam invitrius e Commodius
Fecit.
Anno Dni MDCLXXVI Regni Sui XXVIII
Curante Iona Moore milite
RTSG"
Helpfully, a small sign in English summarizes the information above:
"The dedication plaque of Flamsteed House
The Most Noble King Charles II, greatest patron of the arts of Astronomy and Navigation, had this observatory built to serve both arts. In the year of our Lord 1676, in the twenty-eighth year of his reign, Jonas Moore, Surveyor General of the Ordinance, supervised the construction."
Year of construction: 1676
Cross-listed waymark: [Web Link]
Full inscription:
Carolus IIs Rex optimus
Astonomiae et navticeartis
Patronus maximus
Speculam icam invitrius e Commodius
Fecit.
Anno Dni MDCLXXVI Regni Sui XXVIII
Curante Iona Moore milite
RTSG
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