| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Cochabamba
Site / Event : Portales Palace
|
 |
Portales Palace was built by Simon Patiño, a tin baron.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Cochabamba
Site / Event : Portales Palace
|
 |
The palace was built in the early 20th century.
|
1994 |
| Botswana |
City / Town : Maun
|
 |
The chief's palace.
|
2002 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Para
City / Town : Belem
Site / Event : Palace of Antonio Lemos
|
 |
The 19th century Palace of Antonio Lemos.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Para
City / Town : Belem
Site / Event : Palacio Lauro Sodre
|
 |
The interior of the palace.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Bahia
City / Town : Salvador
District : Pelourinho
|
 |
The Palace of Rio Branco.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
The entrance to the Royal Palace.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
The palace gardens.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
Detail of the art deco facade of the palace.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
View of Rio from the palace.
|
1998 |
| Brunei |
City / Town : Bander Seri Begawan
|
 |
View to Istana Nurul Iman, the Royal Palace.
|
2016 |
| Brunei |
City / Town : Bander Seri Begawan
|
 |
The Royal Palace from the air.
|
2016 |
| Brunei |
City / Town : Bander Seri Begawan
District : Brunei River
|
 |
The Royal Palace from the Brunei River.
|
2016 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Sofia
Site / Event : Presidential Palace
|
 |
The Presidential Palace.
|
2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Sofia
Site / Event : Presidential Palace
|
 |
Guard outside the palace.
|
2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Tsarevets
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
The Royal Palace.
|
2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Tsarevets
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
Part of the Royal Palace which once covered an area of 4500 square metres.
|
2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Tsarevets
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
The Bulgarian state was ruled from the palace for 200 years.
|
2006 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Phnom Penh
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
Entrance to the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda complex.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Phnom Penh
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
The Royal Palace was built in 1892. Most of its treasures were destroyed during the Khmer Rouge period.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Phnom Penh
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
Palace building donated by Napoleon III.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Phnom Penh
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
View of the palace complex.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Phnom Penh
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
The palace is famous for its murals.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Phnom Penh
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
The palace murals depict the Hindu epic, the Ramayana.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Phnom Penh
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
Hanuman's army of monkeys from the Ramayana on the palace walls.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Phnom Penh
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
The palace walls are decorated with a mural of the Hindu epic, the Ramayana.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Phnom Penh
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
Bicycle rickshaw outside the palace.
|
1992 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Royal Ontario Museum
|
 |
Paper rubbing of the imperial palace in Xian dating from 1080.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Gardiner Museum
|
 |
Cylinder vase with palace scene (c725 Guatemala or Mexico).
|
2019 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Santiago
City / Town : Santiago
District : Constitution Square
Site / Event : La Moneda
|
 |
La Moneda was the presidential palace. It was bombed during the 1973 coup.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Santiago
City / Town : Santiago
District : Constitution Square
Site / Event : La Moneda
|
 |
Entrance of Moneda Palace.
|
2019 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Santiago
City / Town : Santiago
Site / Event : National Historical Museum
|
 |
The museum is set in a former palace.
|
2019 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Santiago
City / Town : Santiago
Site / Event : National Historical Museum
|
 |
Newspaper showing soldiers outside the Moneda Palace in September 1973.
|
2019 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Santiago
City / Town : Santiago
Site / Event : Museum of Fine Arts
|
 |
The Museum of Fine Arts is set in a former palace.
|
2019 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Santiago
City / Town : Santiago
District : Cemetario
Site / Event : Tomb of Salvador Allende
|
 |
Detail of the tomb of Salvador Allende, who died in the Moneda Palace during the 1973 military coup.
|
2019 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Valparaiso
City / Town : Valparaiso
|
 |
Hill topped by a palace.
|
2019 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Valparaiso
City / Town : Valparaiso
District : Cerro Alegre
Site / Event : Baburizza Palace
|
 |
Baburizza Palace dominates Paseo Yugoslavo.
|
2019 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Valparaiso
City / Town : Valparaiso
District : Cerro Alegre
Site / Event : Baburizza Palace
|
 |
The palace is in the Art Nouveu style.
|
2019 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Valparaiso
City / Town : Valparaiso
District : Cerro Alegre
Site / Event : Baburizza Palace
|
 |
The palace dates from 1916.
|
2019 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Valparaiso
City / Town : Valparaiso
District : Cerro Alegre
Site / Event : Baburizza Palace
|
 |
"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 |
State / Province : Valparaiso
City / Town : Valparaiso
District : Cerro Alegre
Site / Event : Baburizza Palace
|
 |
The palace bathroom.
|
2019 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Valparaiso
City / Town : Valparaiso
District : Cerro Alegre
Site / Event : Baburizza Palace
|
 |
View of the city from the palace.
|
2019 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Valparaiso
City / Town : Valparaiso
District : Cerro Alegre
Site / Event : Baburizza Palace
|
 |
View of the bay from the palace.
|
2019 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Valparaiso
City / Town : Valparaiso
District : Cerro Alegre
Site / Event : Baburizza Palace
|
 |
View of the port from the upper floors of the palace.
|
2019 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Valparaiso
City / Town : Valparaiso
District : Cerro Alegre
Site / Event : Baburizza Palace
|
 |
One of the palace rooms.
|
2019 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Valparaiso
City / Town : Valparaiso
District : Cerro Artilleria
Site / Event : Maritime Museum
|
 |
View the Baburizza Palace and Edifico Armada de Chile.
|
2019 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Coquimbo
City / Town : La Serena
District : Plaza de Armas
|
 |
The Palace of Justice.
|
2019 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Coquimbo
City / Town : La Serena
District : Plaza de Armas
|
 |
Decorated gateway of the Palace of Justice.
|
2019 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
|
 |
The Workers Cultural Palace.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Xigatse
|
 |
Xigatse is the second largest city in Tibet. The Panchen Lama's palace once stood on the flat hill overlooking the city.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Lhasa
Site / Event : Potala Palace
|
 |
The 17th century Potala Palace. The red part is religious, the white area is the palace.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Lhasa
Site / Event : Potala Palace
|
 |
The palace is built on the site of a 7th century shrine and was the home of the Dalai Lama until 1959.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Lhasa
Site / Event : Potala Palace
|
 |
The Potala Palace is 117m high and contains 1000 rooms and 10,000 shrines.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Lhasa
Site / Event : Potala Palace
|
 |
The palace was saved from destruction during the Cultural Revolution by the intervention of Zhou Enlai.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Lhasa
Site / Event : Potala Palace
|
 |
Entrance to the White Palace.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Lhasa
Site / Event : Potala Palace
|
 |
The White Palace was home to all Dala Lamas from the 5th (17th century) to the current (1990).
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Lhasa
Site / Event : Potala Palace
|
 |
People on the roof area of the palace.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Lhasa
Site / Event : Potala Palace
|
 |
Detail of the red part of the palace.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Lhasa
Site / Event : Potala Palace
|
 |
View from the palace.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Lhasa
Site / Event : Potala Palace
|
 |
The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Lhasa
Site / Event : Potala Palace
|
 |
The palace houses the gold covered tombs of the Dalai Lamas.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Lhasa
Site / Event : Potala Palace
|
 |
View of the city from the palace.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Lhasa
Site / Event : Potala Palace
|
 |
Houses at the base of the palace.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Lhasa
Site / Event : Potala Palace
|
 |
The Potala Palace from Jarmalinka island.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Lhasa
Site / Event : Potala Palace
|
 |
The Potala Palace from the city park.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Lhasa
Site / Event : Potala Palace
|
 |
View of the palace from the city centre.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Lhasa
Site / Event : Norbulinka Palace
|
 |
The Norbulinka is the summer palace from where the Dalai Lama fled into exile in 1959.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Lhasa
Site / Event : Norbulinka Palace
|
 |
The guilded roof of the palace.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Lhasa
Site / Event : Norbulinka Palace
|
 |
The palace gardens.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Sichuan
City / Town : Chengdu
District : Tianfu Square
|
 |
Statue and exhibitional hall of Mao Dze Dong in 1988. It is on the site of a former Ming palace.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Mati Si Temples
Site / Event : Gesar Palace
|
 |
 Gesar Palace.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Mati Si Temples
Site / Event : Gesar Palace
|
 |
Gesar Palace is protected by prayer flags.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Mati Si Temples
Site / Event : Gesar Palace
|
 |
Steps from the palace.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Junwang Palace
|
 |
Junwang Palace is an Uyghur mansion used as a Chinese Governors' residence.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Gaochang
|
 |
The royal palace.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Jiangsu
City / Town : Nanjing
Site / Event : Hong Wu Palace
|
 |
The ruins of Hong Wu Palace, the model for the Imperial Palace in Beijing.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Jiangsu
City / Town : Nanjing
Site / Event : Hong Wu Palace
|
 |
The palace was destroyed during the Taiping Rebellion (1850 - 1864).
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Beijing Municipality
City / Town : Beijing
District : Forbidden City
Site / Event : Palace of Heavenly Purity
|
 |
The Palace of Heavenly Purity.
|
2009 |
| China |
State / Province : Beijing Municipality
City / Town : Beijing
District : Forbidden City
Site / Event : Palace of Heavenly Purity
|
 |
The Palace was a residence of the Emperor.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Beijing Municipality
City / Town : Beijing
District : Forbidden City
Site / Event : Palace of Heavenly Purity
|
 |
The palace is full of Ming and Qing treasures.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Beijing Municipality
City / Town : Beijing
District : Forbidden City
Site / Event : Palace of Heavenly Purity
|
 |
Treasures in the palace.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Beijing Municipality
City / Town : Beijing
District : Forbidden City
|
 |
Decoration on one of the palace walls.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Beijing Municipality
City / Town : Beijing
District : Forbidden City
|
 |
Inside the Palace of Earthly Unity.
|
2009 |
| China |
State / Province : Beijing Municipality
City / Town : Beijing
Site / Event : Palace Park
|
 |
The entrance to Palace Park.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Beijing Municipality
City / Town : Beijing
District : Summer Palace
|
 |
The Summer Palace is set in a large park with many buildings.
|
2009 |
| China |
State / Province : Beijing Municipality
City / Town : Beijing
District : Summer Palace
Site / Event : Kunming Lake
|
 |
Kunming Lake dominates the park at the Summer Palace.
|
2009 |
| Colombia |
City / Town : Bogota
District : Plaza Bolivar
|
 |
The Palace of Justice.
|
1995 |
| Colombia |
City / Town : Cartagena
Site / Event : Palace of the Inquisition
|
 |
Decorated stone entrance to the Palace of the Inquisition.
|
1995 |
| Croatia |
City / Town : Zagreb
Site / Event : Cathedral
|
 |
The Archiepiscopal Palace surrounds the Cathedral.
|
2014 |
| Croatia |
City / Town : Zagreb
|
 |
The Banski Dvori Palace.
|
2014 |
| Croatia |
City / Town : Zagreb
Site / Event : Mimara Museum
|
 |
The Mimara Museum is set in a large palace.
|
2014 |
| Croatia |
City / Town : Split
District : Diocletian Palace
|
 |
The Old City is centred on the Roman era palace of Diocletian (245 - 313), built in 300 for his retirement.
|
2000 |
| Croatia |
City / Town : Split
District : Diocletian Palace
|
 |
The palace has walls 215m long and 181m wide and is home to 3000 people.
|
2000 |
| Croatia |
City / Town : Split
District : Diocletian Palace
|
 |
The palace walls reach Riva, the coastal promenade.
|
2000 |
| Croatia |
City / Town : Split
District : Diocletian Palace
|
 |
Windows along the west wall of the palace.
|
2000 |
| Croatia |
City / Town : Split
District : Diocletian Palace
|
 |
Parts of the palace have been embelished with Adriatic style houses.
|
2000 |
| Croatia |
City / Town : Split
District : Diocletian Palace
|
 |
The north west tower of the palace.
|
2000 |
| Croatia |
City / Town : Split
District : Diocletian Palace
|
 |
The palace wall from a garden.
|
2000 |
| Croatia |
City / Town : Split
District : Diocletian Palace
Site / Event : Papalic Palace
|
 |
The Papalic Palace.
|
2000 |
| Croatia |
City / Town : Split
District : Diocletian Palace
Site / Event : Papalic Palace
|
 |
The palace has a small courtyard.
|
2000 |
