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Province State |
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Description |
Year Taken |
Uzbekistan |
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Bukhara |
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Sitorai Mosi Hosa |
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The main palace building has European influences. |
2008 |
Uzbekistan |
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Bukhara |
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Sitorai Mosi Hosa |
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One of the palace rooms. |
2008 |
Uzbekistan |
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Khiva |
The Ark |
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The Ark is the palace complex for the former rulers of Khiva. |
2008 |
Uzbekistan |
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Khiva |
The Ark |
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The palace dates from the 12th century and was enlarged in the 17th. |
2008 |
Uzbekistan |
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Khiva |
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Kalta Minaret |
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A former palace, now a hotel, next to the minaret. |
2008 |
Uzbekistan |
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Khiva |
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The walls of the former palace. |
2008 |
Uzbekistan |
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Khiva |
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Tosh Hovli Palace |
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The Tosh Hovli Palace was constructed in 1841 as an alternative residence for Alloquli Khan. |
2008 |
Uzbekistan |
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Khiva |
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Tosh Hovli Palace |
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The tiled interior courtyard of the palace. |
2008 |
Uzbekistan |
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Khiva |
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Tosh Hovli Palace |
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The wall of the courtyard in the Tosh Hovli. The name means "Stone Palace". |
2008 |
Uzbekistan |
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Khiva |
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Tosh Hovli Palace |
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The palace has some of the most ellaborate tile work in Khiva. |
2008 |
Uzbekistan |
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Tashkent |
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The Romanov Palace. |
2008 |
Vatican City |
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The Vatican |
Vatican Gardens |
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The 1930 Palace of the Governorate of Vatican City State. |
1987 |
Vatican City |
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The Vatican |
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Vatican Museum |
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The Vatican Museum, previously a palace. |
1994 |
Vatican City |
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The Vatican |
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Vatican Museum |
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In the palace grounds. |
1987 |
Vatican City |
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The Vatican |
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Vatican Museum |
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The palace is on many levels. |
1987 |
Venezuela |
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Caracas |
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Minicipal Palace |
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The Minicipal Palace is a museum. |
1998 |
Vietnam |
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Hue |
Citadel |
Ngo Mon Gate |
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View of the pool and the Thoi Hoa Palace. |
1992 |
Vietnam |
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Hue |
Citadel |
Thoi Hoa Palace |
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The Thoi Hoa Palace dominates the Forbidden Purple City in the Citadel and dates from 1803. |
1992 |
Vietnam |
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Hue |
Royal Tombs |
Tomb of Tu Doc |
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The tomb was a palace before the Emperor's death. |
1992 |
Vietnam |
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Hanoi |
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The Presidential Palace in the rain. |
1992 |
Yemen |
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Wadi Dhahr |
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The village is dominated by the spectacular Rock Palace. |
2008 |
Yemen |
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Wadi Dhahr |
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Dar al-Hajar |
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The Dar al-Hajar (Rock Palace). |
2008 |
Yemen |
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Wadi Dhahr |
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Dar al-Hajar |
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The Rock Palace is built on a large rocky outcrop and dates from the 1930s. |
2008 |
Yemen |
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Wadi Dhahr |
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Dar al-Hajar |
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Detail from the Rock Palace. |
2008 |
Yemen |
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Wadi Dhahr |
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Dar al-Hajar |
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Parts of the Rock Palace are set against sheer cliffs. |
2008 |
Yemen |
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Wadi Dhahr |
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Dar al-Hajar |
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Artefacts in the palace. |
2008 |
Yemen |
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Wadi Dhahr |
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Dar al-Hajar |
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View from the palace to the valley below. |
2008 |
Zambia |
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Makuni |
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Royal Palace |
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The king's palace is surrounded by a straw fence. |
2002 |
Zambia |
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Makuni |
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Royal Palace |
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Detail of the python patterned straw fence around the king's palace. |
2002 |