Royal Tennis Court, Hampton Court Royal Tennis Court, Hampton Court The Royal Tennis Court, Hampton Court Palace is a court for playing the sport of real tennis. It was built for Cardinal Wolsey between 1526 and 1529. Henry VIII of England played there from 1528. This court is still home to an active tennis club. In 2015 it was closed to visitors for major restoration works. During the 17th century various improvements were made to the court. One of the first acts of Charles II after his restoration in 1660 was to order the extensive refitting of the Tudor tennis court. This included the laying
Paris in World War II windows and furniture intended for Carinhall, the luxurious hunting lodge he had built in the "Schorfheide" Forest, in Germany. Another Rothschild-owned painting, "The Astronomer" by Vermeer, was reserved for Hitler himself. Fifteen masterpieces filled railroad boxcars were sent to Germany with Göring's personal train. Göring visited the "Jeu de Paume" twelve more times in 1941, and five times in 1942, adding to his collection. Confiscations continued at banks, warehouses and private residences, with paintings, furniture, statues, clocks and jewelry accumulating at the "Jeu de Paume", and filling the whole ground floor. The staff at the "Jeu de Paume" cataloged 218