| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year Taken |
| India |
State / Province : Rajasthan City / Town : Jodhpur Site / Event : Meherangarh
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The palace is elaborately carved from sandstone.
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1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Rajasthan City / Town : Jodhpur Site / Event : Meherangarh
|
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The palace is in Rajput style.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Rajasthan City / Town : Jodhpur Site / Event : Meherangarh
|
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Sandstone carvings adorn the windows of the palace.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Rajasthan City / Town : Bikaner Site / Event : Junagarh Fort
|
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Junagarh Fort is a complex of temples and palaces.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Rajasthan City / Town : Bikaner Site / Event : Junagarh Fort
|
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The palace courtyard.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Rajasthan City / Town : Bikaner Site / Event : Junagarh Fort
|
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The interior of the palace is covered with gilded decoration.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Rajasthan City / Town : Bikaner Site / Event : Junagarh Fort
|
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View across the palace.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Rajasthan City / Town : Bikaner Site / Event : Junagarh Fort
|
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View of the palace grounds.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Rajasthan City / Town : Jaisalmer
|
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The City Palace.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Rajasthan City / Town : Jaisalmer
|
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Badal Vilas Palace.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Jammu and Kashmir Region : Ladakh City / Town : Leh
|
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Leh is dominated by its 16th century palace. It is the capital of the Tibetan style region of Ladakh.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Jammu and Kashmir Region : Ladakh City / Town : Leh Site / Event : Leh Palace
|
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Leh Palace is in a ruined state.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Jammu and Kashmir Region : Ladakh City / Town : Leh Site / Event : Leh Palace
|
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Even in ruins, the palace has interesting architecture.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Jammu and Kashmir Region : Ladakh City / Town : Leh Site / Event : Leh Palace
|
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View of the valley from the hilltop palace.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Jammu and Kashmir Region : Ladakh District : Indus Valley
|
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The 15th century Shey Gompa was once a palace.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa City / Town : Udayagiri District : Cave Temples Site / Event : Queen's Palace Cave
|
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The Queen's Palace Cave.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Andhra Pradesh City / Town : Warangal District : Warangal Fort Site / Event : Khush Mahal
|
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The Khush Mahal is a small Islamic palace.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Andhra Pradesh City / Town : Hyderabad
|
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The general hospital is in a former Nizami palace.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Andhra Pradesh City / Town : Hyderabad
|
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Pottery seller in front of a former palace.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu City / Town : Pondicherry
|
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The entrance to the Raj Navas, formerly the Governor's palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu City / Town : Tanjore Site / Event : City Palace
|
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The City Palace was built in 1550 by the Nakyas of Madurai and the Marathas.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu City / Town : Tanjore Site / Event : City Palace
|
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The City Palace facade.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu City / Town : Tanjore Site / Event : City Palace
|
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The palace watchtower.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu City / Town : Tanjore Site / Event : City Palace
|
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The main palace building is a riot of stucco carvings.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu City / Town : Tanjore Site / Event : City Palace
|
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View from the palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu City / Town : Tanjore Site / Event : City Palace
|
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View over the palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu City / Town : Tanjore Site / Event : City Palace
|
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The palace covers a large area.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu City / Town : Tanjore Site / Event : City Palace
|
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Mathematics student writing equations on the palace roof.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu City / Town : Tanjore Site / Event : City Palace
|
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The Hindu deities Lakshmi, Parvati, Shiva, Vishnu (13th century) at the City Palace Gallery.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu City / Town : Tanjore Site / Event : City Palace
|
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The statues in the City Palace Art Gallery are superb.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu City / Town : Madurai Site / Event : Palace of Rani Mangammal
|
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The Palace of Rani Mangammal (1670).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu City / Town : Madurai Site / Event : Palace of Rani Mangammal
|
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The palace dates from 1670.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu City / Town : Madurai Site / Event : Tirumalai Naick Palace
|
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The Tirumalai Naick Palace was built in 1636 by a Nayak ruler.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala City / Town : Trivandrum
|
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The Red Palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala City / Town : Padmanabhapuram Site / Event : Padmanabhapuram Palace
|
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The palace at Padmanabhapuram was built in 1601 and is the oldest palace in India.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala City / Town : Padmanabhapuram Site / Event : Padmanabhapuram Palace
|
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Detail of the wooden carvings on the palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala City / Town : Padmanabhapuram Site / Event : Padmanabhapuram Palace
|
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The palace is in Tamil Nadu but is owned and run by Kerala.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala City / Town : Padmanabhapuram Site / Event : Padmanabhapuram Palace
|
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The palace was home to the kings of Travancore.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala City / Town : Padmanabhapuram Site / Event : Padmanabhapuram Palace
|
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The palace is designed to resemble a Keralite house.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala City / Town : Cochin Site / Event : Mattancherry Palace
|
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Mattancherry Palace dates from 1557.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala City / Town : Cochin Site / Event : Mattancherry Palace
|
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The palace was built by the Portuguese and presented to the Raja of Cochin.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala City / Town : Cochin Site / Event : Maharaja's Palace
|
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The entrance to the Maharaja's Palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala City / Town : Cochin Site / Event : Maharaja's Palace
|
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The palace is on a hilltop reached by a long flight of stairs.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala City / Town : Cochin Site / Event : Maharaja's Palace
|
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The palace was built in 1865 and was the home of the ruler of Cochin.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala City / Town : Cochin Site / Event : Maharaja's Palace
|
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The palace is now a museum.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Mysore Site / Event : Maharaja's Palace
|
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The Maharaja's Palace is the most famous building in the city.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Mysore Site / Event : Maharaja's Palace
|
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The entrance to the Maharaja's Palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Mysore Site / Event : Maharaja's Palace
|
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The palace dates from 1912.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Mysore Site / Event : Maharaja's Palace
|
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Gateway to the palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Mysore Site / Event : Maharaja's Palace
|
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The Maharaja's Palace dominates the skyline of Mysore.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Mysore Site / Event : Maharaja's Palace
|
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The palace is composed of many styles.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Mysore Site / Event : Maharaja's Palace
|
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The interior of the palace is very ornate.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Mysore Site / Event : Maharaja's Palace
|
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View of the palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Mysore Site / Event : Maharaja's Palace
|
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The palace is illuminated at sunset.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Mysore Site / Event : Maharaja's Palace
|
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The illuminated palace at night.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Mysore
|
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The beautiful Jagmohan Palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Srirangapatnam District : Fort
|
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The site of Tipu Sultan's Palace, destroyed by the British under the Duke of Wellington in 1799. Its treasures were taken to London.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Srirangapatnam District : Fort Site / Event : Daria Daulet
|
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The Daria Daulet was Tipu Sultan's summer palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Srirangapatnam District : Fort Site / Event : Daria Daulet
|
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The palace was built in 1784.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Srirangapatnam District : Fort Site / Event : Daria Daulet
|
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The summer palace is famous for its murals.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Srirangapatnam District : Fort Site / Event : Daria Daulet
|
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Depictions of the palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Bangalore
|
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Tipu Sultan's palace dates from 1791.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Hampi Site / Event : Kings Palace
|
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The Kings' Palace is an enclosed rectangle, 300m by 200m.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Hampi Site / Event : Kings Palace
|
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Part of the palace enclosure.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Hampi Site / Event : Kings Palace
|
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The palace is covered with carved stone reliefs.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Hampi Site / Event : Kings Palace
|
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Detail of the reliefs on the palace walls.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Hampi
|
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The Queen's Palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Bijapur Site / Event : Gagan Mahal
|
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The Gagan Mahal was built as a palace by Ali Adil Shah I in 1561.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka City / Town : Bijapur
|
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The Sat Mahal is a former palace now used for offices.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Goa City / Town : Panaji
|
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The Secretariat building was once a palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra City / Town : Pune Site / Event : Shanwarwada Palace
|
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Shanwarwada Palace was built in 1736.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra City / Town : Pune Site / Event : Shanwarwada Palace
|
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The palace was burnt down in 1927.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra City / Town : Pune Site / Event : Aga Khan Palace
|
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The Aga Khan Palace is a highlight of Pune.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra City / Town : Pune Site / Event : Aga Khan Palace
|
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The palace was built in 1892.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra City / Town : Pune Site / Event : Aga Khan Palace
|
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The palace was used a prison for Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi by the British during WW2.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra City / Town : Pune Site / Event : Aga Khan Palace
|
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The palace was donated to India by the fourth Aga Khan in 1969.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra City / Town : Pune Site / Event : Aga Khan Palace
|
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Shrine for Kasturba Gandhi (the wife of Mahatma) in the palace grounds. She died while imprisoned by the British.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra City / Town : Aurangabad
|
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A school which was once a palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra City / Town : Khuldabad
|
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The village has many ruined palaces.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh City / Town : Indore Site / Event : Juna Rajwada
|
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The Juna Rajwada Palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh City / Town : Mandu Site / Event : Palace of Gada Shah
|
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The 15th century Palace of Gada Shah.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh City / Town : Mandu Site / Event : Hindola Mahal
|
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Hindola Mahal is a 15th century palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh City / Town : Mandu Site / Event : Hindola Mahal
|
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The entrance to the palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh City / Town : Mandu Site / Event : Jahaz Mahal
|
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The Jahaz Mahal (Ship Palace) lies on a strip of land between two lakes.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh City / Town : Mandu Site / Event : Jahaz Mahal
|
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The palace is 122m long and 15m wide.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh City / Town : Mandu Site / Event : Jahaz Mahal
|
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The palace roof terrace is reached by a long outside staircase.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh City / Town : Mandu Site / Event : Jahaz Mahal
|
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The Moghul emperor, Jehangir spent much time at this palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh City / Town : Mandu Site / Event : Jahaz Mahal
|
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The palace is now set in a garden.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh City / Town : Mandu Site / Event : Jahaz Mahal
|
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Channels for water for the palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh City / Town : Mandu
|
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The Elephant Palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh City / Town : Mandu Site / Event : Palace of Baz Bahadur
|
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The Palace of Baz Bahadur, the final indipendant ruler of Mandu.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh City / Town : Mandu Site / Event : Palace of Baz Bahadur
|
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The palace was built in 1509.
|
1989 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Sumatra City / Town : Medan
|
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Maimoon Palace is the home of a former sultan. It dates from 1858.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Sumatra City / Town : Bukittinggi Site / Event : Pagaruyung Palace
|
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Pagaruyung Palace is typical of Minangkabau architecture.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Sumatra City / Town : Bukittinggi Site / Event : Pagaruyung Palace
|
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The entrance to the palace.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Sumatra City / Town : Bukittinggi Site / Event : Pagaruyung Palace
|
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Detail from the decoration of the palace.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Sumatra City / Town : Bukittinggi Site / Event : Pagaruyung Palace
|
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Detail of palace decoration.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Sumatra City / Town : Bukittinggi Site / Event : Pagaruyung Palace
|
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Detail of palace decoration.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java City / Town : Cirebon Site / Event : Kanaman Palace
|
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The Dutch style Kanaman Palace.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java City / Town : Cirebon Site / Event : Kanaman Palace
|
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The palace dates from 1681.
|
1992 |