Chelsea Hospital

Chelsea Hospital
(also Chelsea Royal Hospital)
a large building in Chelsea, London, built in the 1680s by Charles II as a home for 440 old or injured soldiers, who became known as the Chelsea Pensioners. It was designed by Christopher Wren.

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