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Palace
Palace: a grand residence of a ruler or prelate serving court, ceremony, and government, distinct from a fortified castle. Key examples include the Forbidden City (1406–1420, ~10,000 rooms) and Baroque Versailles, seat of Louis XIV's court from 1682.
Palace A at Kish
Palace A at Kish is a large, well-preserved Early Dynastic III palace (c. 2600–2350 BCE) on Tell Ingharra at Kish, Iraq, excavated by Ernest Mackay and cleared in 1925.
Palace Attendant (Shizhong)
The Palace Attendant (侍中) was a Han dynasty add-on court title whose holders could enter the emperor's forbidden precincts and often rose to Grand Marshal.
Palace Bingo
Palace Bingo refers to several unrelated gambling businesses: a Jumpman Gaming UK online bingo site, Palatial Leisure's Great Yarmouth and Felixstowe clubs, a charity bingo hall in Victoria, Texas, an Isle of Man hall, and Mexican casinos.
Palace Bridge
Palace Bridge, also known as Dvortsoviy Most, is a bascule bridge in Saint Petersburg that crosses the Neva River, linking the Winter Palace with Vasilievsky Island.
Palace economy
A palace economy is an economy organized around a central palace that collects, stores, and redistributes goods and services, a model documented for the Minoan and Mycenaean palaces of the Aegean Bronze Age.
Palace examination
The palace examination (殿试) was the final stage of the Song dynasty civil service examination, held at court and presided over by the emperor in person.
Palace Library (Mishu Sheng)
The Palace Library (秘书省) was the central imperial agency of China charged with keeping and collating the state's books and documents, spanning more than 1,200 years.
Palace market (gongshi)
The palace market (gongshi, 宫市) was a Tang dynasty institution by which the imperial palace bought goods in the capital's markets, later run by eunuchs under Emperor Dezong.
Palace of Adad-nārārī III
Palace of Adad-nārārī III, also called the Upper Chambers, a Neo-Assyrian royal palace at Kalhu/Nimrud built by Adad-nerari III (r. 810–783 BC) south of the Northwest Palace, possibly for Queen Sammu-ramat; excavated by Layard, Hussein (1993), and Penn (2022–23).
Palace of Ajuda
The Palace of Ajuda (Palácio Nacional da Ajuda) is a neoclassical former royal palace in Lisbon, Portugal, begun in 1796 and now a national museum of decorative arts.
Palace of Apries
The Palace of Apries is a 26th Dynasty royal palace at Memphis, Egypt, built for the pharaoh Apries around 589–568 BCE and excavated by Flinders Petrie in 1909.
Palace of Ardashir
The Palace of Ardashir, also known as the Atashkadeh, is a Sasanian royal residence at Firuzabad in Fars province, Iran, built by Ardashir I, founder of the Sasanian Empire.
Palace of Culture and Science
The Palace of Culture and Science (Pałac Kultury i Nauki) is a Stalinist-era skyscraper in central Warsaw, built 1952–1955 as a gift from the Soviet Union.
Palace of Domitian
The Palace of Domitian was the imperial residence that Emperor Domitian built on Rome's Palatine Hill, designed by Rabirius and completed in AD 92, serving emperors for centuries.
Palace of Facets
Palace of Facets (Granovitaya Palata, Грановитая Палата), Moscow Kremlin ceremonial hall built 1487–1491 by Marco Ruffo and Pietro Antonio Solari; 495 sq m one-pillar vaulted throne hall, diamond-rusticated facade, now a Russian presidential representative hall.
Palace of Fine Arts
The Palace of Fine Arts is a rotunda, colonnade, and lagoon in San Francisco, built for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition and designed by Bernard Maybeck.
Palace of Fontainebleau
The Palace of Fontainebleau (Château de Fontainebleau) is a royal residence at Fontainebleau, France, rebuilt in Renaissance style by François I from 1528 and used by French kings until 1870.
Palace of Justice siege
The Palace of Justice siege, known in Colombia as the Toma del Palacio de Justicia, was the M-19 guerrilla seizure of Colombia's Supreme Court in Bogotá in 1985.
Palace of Naram-Sin at Tell Brak
The Palace of Naram-Sin at Tell Brak in Syria is a large mudbrick building of the Akkadian period, about 2250 BC, actually a fortified storehouse with walls 9 meters thick.
Palace of Natakamani (Jebel Barkal)
The Palace of Natakamani is a Meroitic royal building at Jebel Barkal in Sudan, attributed to King Natakamani and Queen Amanitore, who ruled Kush in the 1st century AD.
Palace of Placentia
The Palace of Placentia, better known as Greenwich Palace, was a Tudor royal residence at Greenwich in London, the birthplace of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.
Palace of the Parliament
The Palace of the Parliament (Palatul Parlamentului), also known as Casa Poporului, is the seat of Romania's parliament in Bucharest, built under Ceaușescu from 1984.
Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest
The Palace of the Parliament (Palatul Parlamentului), also known as the People's House, is a monumental building in Bucharest that houses both chambers of Romania's Parliament.
Palace of the Shirvanshahs
The Palace of the Shirvanshahs (قصر الشروانشاه) is a 15th-century royal palace complex in Baku, Azerbaijan, built as the residence of the Shirvanshah rulers and the only one to survive.
Palace of the Soviets (Дворец Советов)
The Palace of the Soviets (Дворец Советов) was an unbuilt Moscow government building planned from 1931 on the site of the demolished Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.
Palace of Versailles
The Palace of Versailles (Château de Versailles) is a former French royal residence at Versailles, the seat of the French court and government from 1682 to 1789.
Palace of Westminster
The Palace of Westminster, commonly called the Houses of Parliament, is the meeting place of the UK Parliament's two chambers, on the north bank of the Thames in London.
Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church
The Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret's Church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in London, inscribed in 1987 and made up of three neighboring buildings.
Palace of Whitehall
The Palace of Whitehall, also known as York Place, was the main London residence of English monarchs from 1530 until a 1698 fire destroyed almost all of it.