Palaces (Subscribe)
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- Italy (3)
- United Kingdom (15)
Links
Archbishop's Palace, Kromeriz, Czech Republic
Early-Baroque palace designed by Italian architects Filiberto Lucchese and Giovanni Pietro Tencalla. Official site with photograph, history and visitor information.
Beijing Service: Summer Palace
http://www.beijingservice.com/summerpalace.htm
Offers an illustrated history and description this former imperial retreat in China, now a huge public park. Features a selection of its more than 3,000 buildings.
Beijing Trip: Summer Palace
http://www.beijingtrip.com/attractions/summer/
A history, description and bird's eye map of the second largest imperial garden in China. The complex includes halls, temple and pagoda built around a lake.
Esterhazy Palace
http://www.schloss-esterhazy.at/
This magnificent palace in Fertod, Hungary, was begun in 1720 by Prince József Esterházy. The official site gives a history of the palace, details of exhibitions and concerts, and visitor information.
Imperial Palaces of Petersburg
http://www.alexanderpalace.org/petepalaces/palaces.html
Bob Atchison provides a virtual tour of the Alexander Palace, Pavlovsk, Yelagin, Gatchina, Catherine Palace, Winter Palace and Peterhof. Part of Russian History Websites.
Iolani Palace
The residence of King Kalakaua and Queen Lili`uokalani, the last monarchs of Hawai`i, built 1879-82 in an "American Florentine" style. Includes history, photographs and visitor information.
Neuschwanstein Castle
The official site of this 19th-century fantasy castle built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria includes an illustrated building history, tour and biography of Ludwig.
Northwest Palace of Ashur-nasir-pal II at Nimrud
http://www.learningsites.com/NWPalace/NWPalhome.html
History of this Assyrian palace from Learning Sites, with a VRML model and bibliography.
Palaces
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/types/palace.html
Great Buildings Online gives images, information, commentary and bibliography on a selection of palaces around the world from Minoan to modern.
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
http://www.geog.fu-berlin.de/eurocis/whl/c532potsdam.shtml
Description of the ensemble of palaces and parks created by the 18th and 19th-century Prussian kings and German emperors - a World Heritage site. From Cartographic Information System on European Affairs.
Schloss Laxenburg, Austria
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/docs/IIASA_Tour.html
Brief history and tour of the 18th-century former imperial palace, now the headquarters of International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.
Schönbrunn Palace, Austria
The official site provides photographs and brief history of the magnificent Baroque imperial palace, with visitor information. The archive of plans, images and papers will be open to the public in future.
The Grand Palace in Bangkok
http://www.smcm.edu/art/Thailand/
Ann Church provides a guide to this ornate palace complex. Aerial view. Tour via sensitive bird's-eye map. Illustrated history of the royal family and information on Buddhism.
The Hilltop Palace in the Fort of Daulatabad, India
http://carl.lindquist.googlepages.com/daulatabadfort
Carl Lindquist provides an illustrated description of the Mughal pavilion on the citadel of the Fort of Daulatabad, Maharashtra, India. Includes photographs, historical chronology, and information about the fort.
The Palace of Rameses III
http://archpropplan.auckland.ac.nz/virtualtour/rameses/
Mohammed Motlib uses computer-reconstruction to show how the Window of Appearance could have been used. Part of The Virtual Study Tour, from the New Zealand School of Architecture.

