History of the Stewarts | Castles and Buildings
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Whitehall Palace
London, England
Whitehall palace, on the left as one goes from Trafalgar Square to Westminster Square, was built by Inigo Jones and owes its present magnificence to his handiwork and that of his team of designers and painters. Sir Peter Paul Rubens painted the ceiling of the Banqueting Hall, one of the most sumptuous interiors in London, including in it an allegorical scene depicting the union of England and Scotland in the person of James VI and I.
In 1649 occured the lamentable occasion when Charles I was executed here. It was a bitterly cold winter´s morning and the king wore extra underclothes so that he would not shiver, lest people thought that he was afraid to die. As the famous lines have it: "He nothing common did or mean, Upon that memorable scene".