| Country |
Province
State |
Region |
City
Town |
District |
Site OR Event |
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Description |
Year
Taken |
| Botswana |
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Maun |
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The chief's palace. |
2002 |
| Brazil |
Para |
|
Belem |
|
Palace of Antonio Lemos |
 |
The 19th century Palace of Antonio Lemos. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Para |
|
Belem |
|
Palacio Lauro Sodre |
 |
The interior of the palace. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Bahia |
|
Salvador |
Pelourinho |
|
 |
The Palace of Rio Branco. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
Royal Palace |
 |
The entrance to the Royal Palace. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
Royal Palace |
 |
The palace gardens. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
Royal Palace |
 |
Detail of the art deco facade of the palace. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
Royal Palace |
 |
View of Rio from the palace. |
1998 |
| Brunei |
|
|
Bander Seri Begawan |
|
|
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View to Istana Nurul Iman, the Royal Palace. |
2016 |
| Brunei |
|
|
Bander Seri Begawan |
|
|
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The Royal Palace from the air. |
2016 |
| Brunei |
|
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Bander Seri Begawan |
Brunei River |
|
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The Royal Palace from the Brunei River. |
2016 |
| Bulgaria |
|
|
Sofia |
|
Presidential Palace |
 |
The Presidential Palace. |
2006 |
| Bulgaria |
|
|
Sofia |
|
Presidential Palace |
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Guard outside the palace. |
2006 |
| Bulgaria |
|
|
Veliko Tarnovo |
Tsarevets |
Royal Palace |
 |
The Royal Palace. |
2006 |
| Bulgaria |
|
|
Veliko Tarnovo |
Tsarevets |
Royal Palace |
 |
Part of the Royal Palace which once covered an area of 4500 square metres. |
2006 |
| Bulgaria |
|
|
Veliko Tarnovo |
Tsarevets |
Royal Palace |
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The Bulgarian state was ruled from the palace for 200 years. |
2006 |
| Cambodia |
|
|
Phnom Penh |
|
Royal Palace |
 |
Entrance to the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda complex. |
1992 |
| Cambodia |
|
|
Phnom Penh |
|
Royal Palace |
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The Royal Palace was built in 1892. Most of its treasures were destroyed during the Khmer Rouge period. |
1992 |
| Cambodia |
|
|
Phnom Penh |
|
Royal Palace |
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Palace building donated by Napoleon III. |
1992 |
| Cambodia |
|
|
Phnom Penh |
|
Royal Palace |
 |
View of the palace complex. |
1992 |
| Cambodia |
|
|
Phnom Penh |
|
Royal Palace |
 |
The palace is famous for its murals. |
1992 |
| Cambodia |
|
|
Phnom Penh |
|
Royal Palace |
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The palace murals depict the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. |
1992 |
| Cambodia |
|
|
Phnom Penh |
|
Royal Palace |
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Hanuman's army of monkeys from the Ramayana on the palace walls. |
1992 |
| Cambodia |
|
|
Phnom Penh |
|
Royal Palace |
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The palace walls are decorated with a mural of the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. |
1992 |
| Cambodia |
|
|
Phnom Penh |
|
Royal Palace |
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Bicycle rickshaw outside the palace. |
1992 |
| Canada |
|
|
Toronto |
|
Royal Ontario Museum |
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Paper rubbing of the imperial palace in Xian dating from 1080. |
2019 |
| Canada |
|
|
Toronto |
|
Gardiner Museum |
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Cylinder vase with palace scene (c725 Guatemala or Mexico). |
2019 |
| Chile |
Santiago |
|
Santiago |
Constitution Square |
La Moneda |
 |
La Moneda was the presidential palace. It was bombed during the 1973 coup. |
1994 |
| Chile |
Santiago |
|
Santiago |
Constitution Square |
La Moneda |
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Entrance of Moneda Palace. |
2019 |
| Chile |
Santiago |
|
Santiago |
|
National Historical Museum |
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The museum is set in a former palace. |
2019 |
| Chile |
Santiago |
|
Santiago |
|
National Historical Museum |
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Newspaper showing soldiers outside the Moneda Palace in September 1973. |
2019 |
| Chile |
Santiago |
|
Santiago |
|
Museum of Fine Arts |
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The Museum of Fine Arts is set in a former palace. |
2019 |
| Chile |
Santiago |
|
Santiago |
Cemetario |
Tomb of Salvador Allende |
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Detail of the tomb of Salvador Allende, who died in the Moneda Palace during the 1973 military coup. |
2019 |
| Chile |
Valparaiso |
|
Valparaiso |
|
|
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Hill topped by a palace. |
2019 |
| Chile |
Valparaiso |
|
Valparaiso |
Cerro Alegre |
Baburizza Palace |
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Baburizza Palace dominates Paseo Yugoslavo. |
2019 |
| Chile |
Valparaiso |
|
Valparaiso |
Cerro Alegre |
Baburizza Palace |
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The palace is in the Art Nouveu style. |
2019 |
| Chile |
Valparaiso |
|
Valparaiso |
Cerro Alegre |
Baburizza Palace |
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The palace dates from 1916. |
2019 |
| Chile |
Valparaiso |
|
Valparaiso |
Cerro Alegre |
Baburizza Palace |
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"Portrait of Pascual Baburizza" by Rudolph Pintye (Hungary). Baburizza was a Croatian living in Chile who made his fortune mining Chile Saltpeter (Potassium Nitrate). The palace is his former residence. |
2019 |
| Chile |
Valparaiso |
|
Valparaiso |
Cerro Alegre |
Baburizza Palace |
 |
The palace bathroom. |
2019 |
| Chile |
Valparaiso |
|
Valparaiso |
Cerro Alegre |
Baburizza Palace |
 |
View of the city from the palace. |
2019 |
| Chile |
Valparaiso |
|
Valparaiso |
Cerro Alegre |
Baburizza Palace |
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View of the bay from the palace. |
2019 |
| Chile |
Valparaiso |
|
Valparaiso |
Cerro Alegre |
Baburizza Palace |
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View of the port from the upper floors of the palace. |
2019 |
| Chile |
Valparaiso |
|
Valparaiso |
Cerro Alegre |
Baburizza Palace |
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One of the palace rooms. |
2019 |
| Chile |
Valparaiso |
|
Valparaiso |
Cerro Artilleria |
Maritime Museum |
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View the Baburizza Palace and Edifico Armada de Chile. |
2019 |
| Chile |
Coquimbo |
|
La Serena |
Plaza de Armas |
|
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The Palace of Justice. |
2019 |
| Chile |
Coquimbo |
|
La Serena |
Plaza de Armas |
|
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Decorated gateway of the Palace of Justice. |
2019 |
| China |
Yunnan |
|
Kunming |
|
|
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The Workers Cultural Palace. |
1988 |
| China |
Tibet |
|
Xigatse |
|
|
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Xigatse is the second largest city in Tibet. The Panchen Lama's palace once stood on the flat hill overlooking the city. |
1990 |
| China |
Tibet |
|
Lhasa |
|
Potala Palace |
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The 17th century Potala Palace. The red part is religious, the white area is the palace. |
1990 |
| China |
Tibet |
|
Lhasa |
|
Potala Palace |
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The palace is built on the site of a 7th century shrine and was the home of the Dalai Lama until 1959. |
1990 |
| China |
Tibet |
|
Lhasa |
|
Potala Palace |
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The Potala Palace is 117m high and contains 1000 rooms and 10,000 shrines. |
1990 |
| China |
Tibet |
|
Lhasa |
|
Potala Palace |
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The palace was saved from destruction during the Cultural Revolution by the intervention of Zhou Enlai. |
1990 |
| China |
Tibet |
|
Lhasa |
|
Potala Palace |
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Entrance to the White Palace. |
1990 |
| China |
Tibet |
|
Lhasa |
|
Potala Palace |
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The White Palace was home to all Dala Lamas from the 5th (17th century) to the current (1990). |
1990 |
| China |
Tibet |
|
Lhasa |
|
Potala Palace |
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People on the roof area of the palace. |
1990 |
| China |
Tibet |
|
Lhasa |
|
Potala Palace |
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Detail of the red part of the palace. |
1990 |
| China |
Tibet |
|
Lhasa |
|
Potala Palace |
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View from the palace. |
1990 |
| China |
Tibet |
|
Lhasa |
|
Potala Palace |
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The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage site. |
1990 |
| China |
Tibet |
|
Lhasa |
|
Potala Palace |
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The palace houses the gold covered tombs of the Dalai Lamas. |
1990 |
| China |
Tibet |
|
Lhasa |
|
Potala Palace |
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View of the city from the palace. |
1990 |
| China |
Tibet |
|
Lhasa |
|
Potala Palace |
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Houses at the base of the palace. |
1990 |
| China |
Tibet |
|
Lhasa |
|
Potala Palace |
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The Potala Palace from Jarmalinka island. |
1990 |
| China |
Tibet |
|
Lhasa |
|
Potala Palace |
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The Potala Palace from the city park. |
1990 |
| China |
Tibet |
|
Lhasa |
|
Potala Palace |
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View of the palace from the city centre. |
1990 |
| China |
Tibet |
|
Lhasa |
|
Norbulinka Palace |
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The Norbulinka is the summer palace from where the Dalai Lama fled into exile in 1959. |
1990 |
| China |
Tibet |
|
Lhasa |
|
Norbulinka Palace |
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The guilded roof of the palace. |
1990 |
| China |
Tibet |
|
Lhasa |
|
Norbulinka Palace |
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The palace gardens. |
1990 |
| China |
Sichuan |
|
Chengdu |
|
|
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Statue and exhibitional hall of Mao Dze Dong. It is on the site of a former Ming palace. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
|
Nanjing |
|
Hong Wu Palace |
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The ruins of Hong Wu Palace, the model for the Imperial Palace in Beijing. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
|
Nanjing |
|
Hong Wu Palace |
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The palace was destroyed during the Taiping Rebellion (1850 - 1864). |
1988 |
| China |
|
|
Beijing |
Forbidden City |
Palace of Heavenly Purity |
 |
The Palace of Heavenly Purity. |
2009 |
| China |
|
|
Beijing |
Forbidden City |
Palace of Heavenly Purity |
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The Palace was a residence of the Emperor. |
1988 |
| China |
|
|
Beijing |
Forbidden City |
Palace of Heavenly Purity |
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The palace is full of Ming and Qing treasures. |
1988 |
| China |
|
|
Beijing |
Forbidden City |
Palace of Heavenly Purity |
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Treasures in the palace. |
1988 |
| China |
|
|
Beijing |
Forbidden City |
|
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Decoration on one of the palace walls. |
1988 |
| China |
|
|
Beijing |
Forbidden City |
|
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Inside the Palace of Earthly Unity. |
2009 |
| China |
|
|
Beijing |
|
Palace Park |
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The entrance to Palace Park. |
1988 |
| China |
|
|
Beijing |
Summer Palace |
|
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The Summer Palace is set in a large park with many buildings. |
2009 |
| China |
|
|
Beijing |
Summer Palace |
Kunming Lake |
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Kunming Lake dominates the park at the Summer Palace. |
2009 |
| Colombia |
|
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Bogota |
Plaza Bolivar |
|
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The Palace of Justice. |
1995 |
| Colombia |
|
|
Cartagena |
|
Palace of the Inquisition |
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Decorated stone entrance to the Palace of the Inquisition. |
1995 |
| Croatia |
|
|
Zagreb |
|
Cathedral |
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The Archiepiscopal Palace surrounds the Cathedral. |
2014 |
| Croatia |
|
|
Zagreb |
|
|
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The Banski Dvori Palace. |
2014 |
| Croatia |
|
|
Zagreb |
|
Mimara Museum |
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The Mimara Museum is set in a large palace. |
2014 |
| Croatia |
|
|
Split |
Diocletian Palace |
|
 |
The Old City is centred on the Roman era palace of Diocletian (245 - 313), built in 300 for his retirement. |
2000 |
| Croatia |
|
|
Split |
Diocletian Palace |
|
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The palace has walls 215m long and 181m wide and is home to 3000 people. |
2000 |
| Croatia |
|
|
Split |
Diocletian Palace |
|
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The palace walls reach Riva, the coastal promenade. |
2000 |
| Croatia |
|
|
Split |
Diocletian Palace |
|
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Windows along the west wall of the palace. |
2000 |
| Croatia |
|
|
Split |
Diocletian Palace |
|
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Parts of the palace have been embelished with Adriatic style houses. |
2000 |
| Croatia |
|
|
Split |
Diocletian Palace |
|
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The north west tower of the palace. |
2000 |
| Croatia |
|
|
Split |
Diocletian Palace |
|
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The palace wall from a garden. |
2000 |
| Croatia |
|
|
Split |
Diocletian Palace |
Papalic Palace |
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The Papalic Palace. |
2000 |
| Croatia |
|
|
Split |
Diocletian Palace |
Papalic Palace |
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The palace has a small courtyard. |
2000 |
| Croatia |
|
|
Split |
Diocletian Palace |
Basement Halls |
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The basement halls are below the old palace. |
2000 |
| Croatia |
|
|
Split |
Peoples Square |
|
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One of the small squares in the old city outside the walled palace area. |
2000 |
| Croatia |
|
|
Dubrovnik |
Luza Square |
Sponza Palace |
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Sponza Palaces one of the few buildings to survive the 1667 earthquake. |
2000 |
| Croatia |
|
|
Dubrovnik |
Luza Square |
Sponza Palace |
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Sponza Palace dates from 1667 and houses the city's archives. |
2000 |
| Croatia |
|
|
Dubrovnik |
|
Rector's Palace |
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The 15th century Rector's Palace. |
2000 |
| Croatia |
|
|
Dubrovnik |
|
Rector's Palace |
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The palace was home to the monthly elected governor of the city who was not allowed to leave the building. |
2000 |
| Croatia |
|
|
Dubrovnik |
|
Rector's Palace |
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The palace is another building that survived the earthquake of 1667. |
2000 |
were added from 11 December 2021.