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Panj Takht (ਪੰਜ ਤਖ਼ਤ)
The Panj Takht (ਪੰਜ ਤਖ਼ਤ), the Five Thrones, are the five gurdwaras recognized as the supreme seats of Sikh religious authority, issuing binding edicts called hukamnamas.
Pantheon, Rome
The Pantheon in Rome is a former Roman temple rebuilt under Emperor Hadrian, now the church Santa Maria ad Martyres, with the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome.
Pantry
A pantry is a room or closet in a home used to store food, historically a medieval service room for bread and dry goods; the word comes from Latin panis, bread.
PAPU'S HOUSE
Papu's House is a 36 m² beachfront holiday apartment at Vicolo Fondaco Porta di Mare 8 in Salerno's old town, Italy, hosted by Caterina Firmani; licensed short-term rental rated 8-8.5/10 for its central location.
Paradesi Synagogue
The Paradesi Synagogue, also called the Mattancherry Synagogue, is a synagogue in Mattancherry, Kochi, India, built in 1568 and the oldest active synagogue in India.
Parakrama Samudra (පරාක්රම සමුද්රය)
Parakrama Samudra (පරාක්රම සමුද්රය), the "Sea of Parakrama," is an ancient irrigation reservoir at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, built under King Parakramabahu I between 1153 and 1186.
Parametric design
Parametric design is a design method in which design elements are related by explicit parameters, so changing one automatically regenerates dependent geometry; it underlies building information modeling and the architectural style Parametricism.
Paramount Hotel explosion
The Paramount Hotel explosion was a natural gas explosion and fire that destroyed part of the Paramount Hotel in downtown Boston on January 28, 1966, killing 11 people.
Paramount Tower
Paramount Tower, also called The Paramount, is a 43-story residential high-rise at 680 Mission Street in San Francisco's SoMa district, completed in 2001 as the city's tallest residential building.
Parapet
A parapet is a low wall along the edge of a roof, terrace, bridge, balcony, or fortification rampart, protecting people from falling or defenders from enemy fire.
Parasurameswara Temple
Parasurameswara Temple, also spelled Parsurameswar, is a 7th-century Shiva temple in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, built around 650 CE and known for its lively early Kalinga carvings.
Paris La Défense Arena
Paris La Défense Arena, also known as Arena 92 or U Arena, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Nanterre west of Paris, home of Racing 92 since 2017.
Paris sewer system
The Paris sewer system is a network of about 2,600 kilometers of underground conduits that collects and evacuates the wastewater and rainwater of the French capital.
Paris sewers
The Paris sewers are the underground network collecting Paris's wastewater and rainwater in some 2,500 km of galleries, rebuilt by Eugène Belgrand from 1854 and partly open as a museum.
Paris water supply system
The Paris water supply system delivers drinking water to Paris, operated since 2010 by the public company Eau de Paris, drawing equally on groundwater and the Seine and Marne.
Park Hill, Sheffield
Park Hill is a Brutalist council housing estate east of Sheffield city center, England, built from 1957 to 1961 and known for its streets in the sky.
Park Hyatt Tokyo
Park Hyatt Tokyo (パーク ハイアット 東京) is a luxury hotel occupying floors 39 to 52 of Shinjuku Park Tower, opened in 1994 as the first Park Hyatt in Asia.
Park Row Building
The Park Row Building, also known as 15 Park Row, is a 30-story, 391-foot skyscraper in Manhattan's Financial District, completed in 1899 to designs by R. H. Robertson.
Park Street Church
Park Street Church is a historic evangelical congregational church at Park and Tremont Streets in downtown Boston, founded in 1809 and a stop on the Freedom Trail.
Park51
Park51, originally named Cordoba House, is a planned Muslim community center at 45–51 Park Place in Lower Manhattan, near the World Trade Center site.
Parkchester
Parkchester is a planned community of 171 buildings and 12,271 apartments in the East Bronx, built by Metropolitan Life between 1938 and the early 1940s.
Parke County, Indiana
Parke County, Indiana, is a rural western Indiana county along the Wabash River, formed in 1821 and seat at Rockville, known for its 31 covered bridges.
Parkway Garden Homes
Parkway Garden Homes, also called Parkway Gardens or O Block, is a 694-unit affordable apartment complex on Chicago's South Side, built 1950–1955 and once home to Michelle Obama.
Parliament Hill
Parliament Hill (Colline du Parlement) is the Ottawa grounds holding Canada's Gothic Revival Parliament Buildings, the seat of the Parliament of Canada since Confederation in 1867.
Parliament House, Belgrade
The Parliament House, Belgrade (Dom Narodne skupštine) is the seat of the National Assembly of Serbia, a monumental building begun in 1907 and completed in 1936 after nearly three decades of interrupted work.
Parliament House, Bern
Parliament House in Bern, German Parlamentsgebäude and colloquially the Bundeshaus, is the building where the Swiss Federal Assembly meets; built 1894–1902 to plans by architect Hans Wilhelm Auer, it completes the Federal Palace complex.
Parliament House, Canberra
Parliament House, also known as Australian Parliament House, is the meeting place of the Parliament of Australia in Canberra, opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1988.
Parliament House, Kuala Lumpur
Parliament House, Kuala Lumpur (Bangunan Parlimen Malaysia) is the purpose-built seat of the Parliament of Malaysia, on a hill beside Lake Gardens, officially opened in 1963.
Parliament House, Tehran
Parliament House, Tehran, is the parliamentary complex at Baharestan Square in central Tehran, where Iran's national legislature has sat since 1906; a pyramid-shaped chamber was completed in the early 2000s.
Parlour
A parlour, American spelling parlor, is a room for conversation and receiving visitors, from monasteries to the Victorian best room, now mostly the living room.