The Throne of Earthly Kings

The Throne of Earthly Kings is a work of art in Greenwich, Greater London, England. The Throne of Earthly Kings is situated nearby to Stockwell Street Library, as well as near the art gallery Clarendon Fine Art.

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: sculpture
Inscription: “May all who sit here have the courage to be true to themselves. The world is a Kingdom for those who search inside.”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Maritime Museum and Cutty Sark.

National Maritime Museum

Museum

Photo: KTC, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The National Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Greenwich, London. It is part of Royal Museums Greenwich, a network of museums in the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site. National Maritime Museum is situated 440 feet east of The Throne of Earthly Kings.

Cutty Sark

Museum

Photo: Krzysztof Belczyński, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship. Built on the River Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest, at the end of a long period of design development for this type of vessel, which ended as steamships took over their routes. Cutty Sark is situated 980 feet northwest of The Throne of Earthly Kings.

Royal Observatory

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich is an observatory situated on a hill in Greenwich Park in south east London, overlooking the River Thames to the north. Royal Observatory is situated 1,800 feet southeast of The Throne of Earthly Kings.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greenwich and Deptford.

Greenwich

Town

Photo: KTC, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Greenwich is an affluent area in south-east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the ceremonial county of Greater London, 5.5 miles east-south-east of Charing Cross.

Deptford

Suburb

Photo: SilkTork, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne.

Burrells Wharf

Neighborhood

Photo: Alctanay, Public domain.

Burrells Wharf is a riverside residential estate, owned by its leaseholders, in London, England. It is situated on the Isle of Dogs and the north bank of the River Thames.

The Throne of Earthly Kings

Category: tourism
Location: Greenwich, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.48056° or 51° 28′ 50″ north

Longitude

-0.00733° or 0° 0′ 26″ west

Inception

2004

Open location code

9C3XFXJV+63

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5297052821

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=sculpture

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Highlights include Stockwell Street Library and Clarendon Fine Art.

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