LONDON Holiday and Tourism Information for the
Equestrian Events - 2012 Olympic
EQUESTRIAN
London’s beautiful
Greenwich Park – a World Heritage Site – is to be the location
for the equestrian events (July 29 to August 10) in the 2012 Summer Olympic
Games.
The dressage and show jumping are scheduled to take place in
front of the Palladian Queen’s House, designed in the early 17th
century by Inigo Jones for Anne of Demark, wife of James 1.
The Park, spanning 183 acres, is the oldest enclosed Royal
park and contains the Prime Meridian Line and the old Royal
Observatory.
