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• The Palace of Westminster, Houses of Parliament, London

  
  by spendospend
  posted about 1 month ago
  2 comments and 4 votes

  The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament.

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• Belvedere Palace

  
  by coca
  posted 2 months ago
  5 comments and 5 votes

  If you like beautiful baroque architecture and the magnificents paintings of Klimt you must come visit this fantastic palace.

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• Le petit Trianon from Floresti, Prahova

  
  by crocodil_fotografic
  posted 3 months ago
  1 vote

  You would think that, with our great love of Disney fairy tales we would have a bit more respect for an actual, real-life, honest to God palace. But you would be wrong! Now, only the main walls and a bit of the old structure stand tall on the grounds of Floresti. It's still majestic, still proud although it missed it's destiny by an inch.

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• Convento-Palácio de Mafra, Portugal

  
  by saidseni
  posted 4 months ago
  3 comments and 6 votes

  Convent, palace, library, church... built on a promise, the most important baroque building in Portugal.

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• Masada - The Ancient Palace with a Dramatic History

  
  by jogintas
  posted 5 months ago
  6 comments and 4 votes

  Masada is an ancient palace and fortification in the South District of Israel on top of an isolated rock plateau on the eastern edge of the Judean Desert, which has got a very dramatic history. During one siege of the Roman Empire everyone in this place led to suicide instead of slavery...

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• Summer Palace 颐和园 (Beijing, China)

  
  by breakphreak
  posted 8 months ago
  4 comments and 4 votes

  The Summer Palace in Beijing is one of the most famous gardens in the world.

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• Petergof - The Russian Versailles

  
  by grad
  posted 8 months ago
  5 comments, 23 submissions, and 8 votes

  Peterhof is an immensely luxurious royal estate, lying on the shore of the Gulf of Finland (Baltic Sea), a combination of several palaces and parks, the "capital of Russian fountains" and "the Russian Versailles".

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• Palácio da Pena, Sintra

  
  by saidseni
  posted 10 months ago
  5 comments and 4 votes

  At the top of the Sintra range there's a palace from the XIX century, made by a German prince that married the queen of Portugal at the time, D. Maria II. He bought the ruins of an old monastery, from which you can still visit the cloister and the chapel, rebuild it and adapted into the royal's family summer palace. He built a new part, full of symbols from Portuguese history and myths, like the Triton.

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• Palace of Hacienda de Quilpué

  
  by coca
  posted about 1 year ago
  4 comments and 1 vote

  Many years ago, this palace was a magnificent place and of great importance, but today only a recollection stays of what it was.

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• Palace of Versailles

  
  by reyes
  posted about 1 year ago
  2 comments

  Welcome to Marie Antoinette's world! Visiting the Palace of Versailles is truly an amazing experience. The luxury inside the palace is absolutely ridiculous: ceiling fresco paintings, sculptures, glass chandeliers, massive pieces of silver furniture ... These people had lost their heads...literally.

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