Baroque and Renaissance palaces of Italy

Aljafería

The Aljafería, originally called Qasr al-Surur, is an eleventh-century fortified Islamic palace in Zaragoza, Spain, built under al-Muqtadir and now home to the Cortes de Aragón.

Amalienborg

Amalienborg is the residence of the Danish royal family in Copenhagen, four Rococo palaces built 1750-60 around an octagonal square and royal home since the 1794 Christiansborg fire.

Beli dvor (White Palace), royal classicist residence in Dedinje, Belgrade, part of the Royal Compound. Built 1934–1937 by architect Aleksandar Đorđević for King Alexander I's three sons; later Prince Regent Paul's and Tito's residence.

Belvedere, Vienna

Belvedere, Vienna: Baroque palace complex built 1712–1723 by Hildebrandt for Prince Eugene of Savoy; since 1777 a public museum holding the world's largest Klimt collection, including The Kiss, across Upper Belvedere, Lower Belvedere, and Belvedere 21.

Beylerbeyi Palace

Beylerbeyi Palace (Beylerbeyi Sarayı) is a former Ottoman summer palace on the Asian shore of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, built between 1861 and 1865 for Sultan Abdülaziz.

Bishop's Court

Bishop's Court, or Bishopscourt, is the name of Anglican bishops' residences in several countries: a Grade I medieval palace of the Bishops of Exeter at Sowton, Devon, plus examples in Wellington, North Adelaide, Winnipeg, Kirk Michael, and Cape Town.

Catherine Palace (Екатерининский дворец)

Catherine Palace (Екатерининский дворец), formerly the Great Palace of Tsarskoye Selo, is a 1756 Rastrelli Baroque imperial residence in Pushkin near Saint Petersburg, home of the Amber Room, looted in WWII and reconstructed by 2003.

Hôtel de Sens

The Hôtel de Sens, also called the Hôtel des archevêques de Sens, is a late 15th-century mansion in Paris's Marais, built as the residence of the archbishops of Sens.

Khorsabad Residence J

Khorsabad Residence J: one of four dignitaries' residences (K, L, J, M) at the foot of Sargon II's palace on the Dur-Sharrukin citadel; simplified two-apartment plan, single bathroom, tentatively occupied by senior eunuchs.

Khorsabad Residence K

Khorsabad Residence K, a dignitary's palace-residence on the western citadel of Dur-Sharrukin, built under Sargon II (721-705 BC), excavated by the Oriental Institute 1929-1935, famed for a 13-metre royal wall painting found in 1934.

Khorsabad Residence M

Khorsabad Residence M, one of four dignitaries' residences (K, L, J, M) on the citadel of Dur-Sharrukin, Sargon II's capital; three suites, hilani-style wings, possible harem areas, likely male royals or courtiers.

Mafra National Palace

The Mafra National Palace (Palácio Nacional de Mafra) is a vast Baroque palace, basilica, and convent complex in Mafra, Portugal, begun in 1717 by King João V.

Nonsuch Palace

Nonsuch Palace, a Tudor royal palace built by Henry VIII from 1538 in Surrey on the cleared village of Cuddington, famed for Renaissance stucco panels, unfinished at his death, and demolished in the 1680s.

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 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 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.

Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin

Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (Schlösser und Parks von Potsdam und Berlin), UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990, criteria (i)(ii)(iv), 2,064 ha: Sanssouci, New Garden, Babelsberg, Glienicke, Peacock Island.

Palais Bourbon

The Palais Bourbon is a Paris palace on the Left Bank of the Seine, built between 1722 and 1728 and housing the French National Assembly's 577 deputies since 1798.

Palazzo Barberini

Palazzo Barberini is a seventeenth-century Baroque palace on the Quirinal Hill in Rome, built for Pope Urban VIII's family and now housing the National Gallery of Ancient Art.

Palazzo Borghese

Palazzo Borghese is a large aristocratic palace in Rome's Campo Marzio district, built from 1560 and made the Borghese family's city residence under Pope Paul V.

Palazzo Colonna

Palazzo Colonna is a private Roman baroque palace of the Colonna family, occupying an entire block near Piazza Venezia and home to Pope Martin V until 1431.

Palazzo Ducale (Mantua)

The Palazzo Ducale in Mantua, Italy, is the vast former residence of the Gonzaga dynasty, who ruled from 1328 to 1707; it is now a state museum.

Palazzo Ducale (Urbino)

The Palazzo Ducale is the Renaissance ducal palace of Urbino, Italy, built as the residence of Federico da Montefeltro and now home to the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche.

Palazzo Farnese

Palazzo Farnese is a High Renaissance palace in Rome, begun in 1513 for Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, the future Pope Paul III, and completed in 1589.

Raglan Castle

Raglan Castle (Castell Rhaglan) is a ruined late medieval fortress-palace in Monmouthshire, Wales, begun by Sir William ap Thomas in 1435, enlarged by William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, and destroyed after surrendering to Parliamentarians in August 1646.

Residenz (Würzburg)

The Würzburg Residence is the Baroque palace of the prince-bishops of Würzburg in southern Germany, begun in 1720, designed by Balthasar Neumann, and decorated by Tiepolo.

Royal Palace of Amsterdam

Royal Palace Amsterdam (Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam), on Dam Square, is a Dutch Classicist building begun in 1648 as Amsterdam's town hall by Jacob van Campen, used by Louis Bonaparte from 1808, state-owned since 1936, and open to the public most of the year.

Royal Palace of Oslo

The Royal Palace of Oslo, in Norwegian Det kongelige slott, is the official residence of the Norwegian monarch, built in neo-classical style between 1825 and 1849.

Royal Palace of Rabat

Dar al-Makhzen (دار المخزن), the Royal Palace of Rabat, is the official residence of the King of Morocco and seat of government. Built in 1864 under Mohammed IV in the Touarga enclave, it hosts state ceremonies, Council of Ministers meetings, and over 2,000 residents and workers.