Savoy Palace

Palace in England

The Savoy Palace, considered the grandest nobleman's townhouse of medieval London, was a residence of prince John of Gaunt until it was destroyed during rioting in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. The palace was on the site of an estate given to Peter II, Count of Savoy, in the mid-13th century, which in the following century came to be controlled by Gaunt's family and then the monarch by right of the Duchy of Lancaster. It was situated between the Strand and the River Thames. French monarch John II of France died here during his "honourable captivity", after an illness. In the locality of the pa

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Type:

Palace

Coordinates:

51.51°N, 0.12°W

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