| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Cirebon
Site / Event : Kasepuhan Palace
|
 |
Kasepuhan Palace was built in a mixture of styles including Sundanese, Javanese, Islamic, Chinese, Indian and Dutch.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Cirebon
Site / Event : Kasepuhan Palace
|
 |
The palace was built in 1527.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Cirebon
Site / Event : Kasepuhan Palace
|
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Palace garden.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Jogjakarta
Site / Event : Paku Alam Palace
|
 |
The small Paku Alam Palace.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Jogjakarta
Site / Event : Taram Sari
|
 |
Taram Sari is the ruins of a water palace.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Jogjakarta
Site / Event : Kraton
|
 |
The Kraton is the Royal Palace.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Jogjakarta
Site / Event : Kraton
|
 |
The palace is still the home of the sultan.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Jogjakarta
Site / Event : Kraton
|
 |
The palace is very spacious.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Jogjakarta
Site / Event : Kraton
|
 |
Visitors to the palace.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Jogjakarta
Site / Event : Kraton
|
 |
The palace is a mix of styles.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Jogjakarta
Site / Event : Kraton
|
 |
Palace retainer.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Jogjakarta
Site / Event : Kraton
|
 |
The gamelan is used in Javanese palaces.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Prambanan
Site / Event : Ratu Boko
|
 |
Ratu Boko is a palace overlooking the Prambanan plain.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Prambanan
Site / Event : Ratu Boko
|
 |
The palace dates from the 9th century.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Prambanan
Site / Event : Ratu Boko
|
 |
The ruins of the palace cover a large area.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Prambanan
Site / Event : Ratu Boko
|
 |
The palace entrance.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Prambanan
Site / Event : Ratu Boko
|
 |
Palace walls.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Surakarta
Site / Event : Kraton
|
 |
The Kraton is the Royal Palace.
|
1983 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Surakarta
Site / Event : Kraton
|
 |
Palace buildings.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Surakarta
Site / Event : Kraton
|
 |
The minaret of the palace mosque.
|
1983 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Surakarta
Site / Event : Kraton
|
 |
A room in the palace.
|
1983 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Surakarta
Site / Event : Kraton
|
 |
Exhibits in the palace museum.
|
1983 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Surakarta
Site / Event : Mangunegera Kraton
|
 |
Mangunegera Kraton is one of several palaces in the city.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Surakarta
Site / Event : Mangunegera Kraton
|
 |
The palace dates from 1757.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Surakarta
Site / Event : Mangunegera Kraton
|
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The palace is set in a lush garden.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Bali
City / Town : Ubud
Site / Event : Puri Ubud Palace
|
 |
The entrance to the Puri Ubud Palace.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Bali
City / Town : Ubud
Site / Event : Puri Ubud Palace
|
 |
Puri Ubud is a palace that is still home to members of the Balinese royal family.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Bali
City / Town : Ubud
Site / Event : Puri Ubud Palace
|
 |
Carvings on the palace buildings.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Bali
City / Town : Ubud
Site / Event : Puri Ubud Palace
|
 |
The palace gardens are typcal of Bali.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Bali
City / Town : Ubud
Site / Event : Puri Ubud Palace
|
 |
The palace buildings blend with the natural beauty of the island.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Bali
City / Town : Bangli
Site / Event : Artha Sastra
|
 |
The Artha Sastra inn was formerly a palace.
|
1983 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Bali
City / Town : Klung Klung
Site / Event : Kertha Gosa Palace
|
 |
The Kertha Gosa palace is set around a pool.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Bali
City / Town : Klung Klung
Site / Event : Kertha Gosa Palace
|
 |
The Kertha Gosa Palace is famous for its gargoyls.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Bali
City / Town : Klung Klung
Site / Event : Kertha Gosa Palace
|
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The grounds and pond of the palace.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Bali
City / Town : Klung Klung
Site / Event : Kertha Gosa Palace
|
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The palace has a collection of Traditional and European gargoyls.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Bali
City / Town : Klung Klung
Site / Event : Kertha Gosa Palace
|
 |
The palace wall paintings are in shadow puppet style.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Bali
City / Town : Amlapura
Site / Event : Amlapura Palace
|
 |
The entrance to the palace at Amlapura.
|
1983 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Bali
City / Town : Amlapura
Site / Event : Amlapura Palace
|
 |
The palace is set around a pond.
|
1983 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Bali
City / Town : Amlapura
Site / Event : Amlapura Palace
|
 |
One of the palace buildings.
|
1983 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Sulawesi
City / Town : Makassar
Site / Event : Balla Lompoa
|
 |
Balla Lompoa is the main palace of the Gowan sultans.
|
2016 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Sulawesi
City / Town : Makassar
Site / Event : Balla Lompoa
|
 |
The palace is made of wood and sits on stilts.
|
2016 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Sulawesi
City / Town : Makassar
Site / Event : Balla Lompoa
|
 |
A mosque in the palace grounds.
|
2016 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Sulawesi
City / Town : Makassar
Site / Event : Balla Lompoa
|
 |
Students on the palace steps.
|
2016 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Sulawesi
City / Town : Makassar
Site / Event : Balla Lompoa
|
 |
The museum is in the same style as the palace.
|
2016 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Sulawesi
City / Town : Makassar
Site / Event : Balla Lompoa
|
 |
The main palace building from the museum.
|
2016 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Tehran
Site / Event : National Museum of Iran
|
 |
Human headed capital from the Palace of Darius in Persepolis, 5th century BCE.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Tehran
Site / Event : National Museum of Iran
|
 |
Mirror frame tile from Golestan Palace (Tehran, 19).
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Tehran
District : Golestan Palace
|
 |
The grounds of the Golestan Palace, built in the 19th century by the Qajar rulers.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Tehran
District : Golestan Palace
|
 |
Group of women at the palace.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Tehran
District : Golestan Palace
Site / Event : Karim Khan Sanctum
|
 |
The 1752 Karim Khan Sanctum is the oldest part of the palace.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Tehran
District : Golestan Palace
|
 |
Two schoolgirls at the palace.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Tehran
District : Golestan Palace
|
 |
Girl from a school group visiting the palace.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Tehran
District : Golestan Palace
Site / Event : Shams-al Emarat
|
 |
The Shams-al Emarat is the tallest building in the palace.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Tehran
District : Golestan Palace
|
 |
The palace has a large garden surrounded by a tiled wall.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Tehran
District : Golestan Palace
|
 |
Tile detail at the wall surrounding the palace.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Tehran
District : Golestan Palace
Site / Event : Ethnographic Museum
|
 |
Hubble bubble pipes at the Ethnographic Museum in the palace complex.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Esfahan
District : Naqsh-e Jahan Square
Site / Event : Ali Qapu Palace
|
 |
The Ali Qapu Palace.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Esfahan
District : Naqsh-e Jahan Square
Site / Event : Ali Qapu Palace
|
 |
The five storey palace was once home to Shah Abbas who created Naqsh-e Jahan Square and its mosques and palaces.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Esfahan
District : Naqsh-e Jahan Square
Site / Event : Ali Qapu Palace
|
 |
Detail of the tiled steps of the palace.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Esfahan
District : Naqsh-e Jahan Square
Site / Event : Ali Qapu Palace
|
 |
The rear of the palace.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Esfahan
District : Naqsh-e Jahan Square
Site / Event : Ali Qapu Palace
|
 |
Couple on the terrace of the palace.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Esfahan
Site / Event : Chehel Sotun Palace
|
 |
The Chehel Sotun Palace dates from 1647.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Esfahan
Site / Event : Chehel Sotun Palace
|
 |
The terrace at the palace has twenty columns holding up its inlaid ceiling.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Esfahan
Site / Event : Chehel Sotun Palace
|
 |
View from the palace pavillion.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Esfahan
Site / Event : Chehel Sotun Palace
|
 |
One of the many wall paintings in the Throne Hall of the palace.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Esfahan
Site / Event : Hesht Behesht Palace
|
 |
The Hesht Behesht Palace (1670) is a pavillion set in a garden.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Esfahan
Site / Event : Hesht Behesht Palace
|
 |
The garden of the palace.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Esfahan
Site / Event : Hesht Behesht Palace
|
 |
Girl at the palace.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Esfahan
Site / Event : Hesht Behesht Palace
|
 |
Two women in the palace gardens.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Persepolis
Site / Event : Apadana Palace
|
 |
The Apadana Palace was built by and used by Xerxes.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Persepolis
Site / Event : Apadana Palace
|
 |
View across the palace.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Persepolis
Site / Event : Apadana Palace
|
 |
Columns on the palace.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Persepolis
Site / Event : Apadana Palace
|
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The base of the palace has carved figures in relief.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Persepolis
Site / Event : Apadana Staircase
|
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Cuniform inscription stating that the palace was begun by Darius and completed by Xerxes.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Persepolis
Site / Event : Triplon
|
 |
View from the Triplon to the Palace of 100 Columns and the tomb of Artaxerxes III.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Persepolis
Site / Event : Hadish
|
 |
The Hadish is a palace built by Xerxes.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Persepolis
Site / Event : Hadish
|
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The palace is on a mound reached by steps.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Persepolis
Site / Event : Hadish
|
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Structures on the palace mound.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Persepolis
Site / Event : Tachara
|
 |
The Tachara is the palace of Darius I.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Persepolis
Site / Event : Tachara
|
 |
View of the Apadana Palace from the Tachara.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Persepolis
Site / Event : Palace of 100 Columns
|
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The Palace of 100 Columns was used by the king to meet his military commanders.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Persepolis
Site / Event : Palace of 100 Columns
|
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A damaged Xerxes and an attendant carved on the main gate of the palace.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Persepolis
Site / Event : Palace of 100 Columns
|
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View from the palace to the hillside tomb of Artaxerxes II.
|
2010 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
 |
Part of the wall of the palace at Uruk decorated with coloured pottery mosaics (2900 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
 |
Iamassus occur in pairs. These were found in the palace of King Ashur Nasir Pal III in Nimrud.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Part of a marble floor with inscription referring to the construction of the palace of King Ashur Nasir Pal II (858 - 844 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Part of a marble wall from the palace of King Ashur Nasir Pal II (Nimrud).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Marble floor from a palace in Nimrud.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Mural made from 300 glazed bricks from the Palace of King Assurnasirpal II (883 - 859 BCE) in Nimrud.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Hexagonal stele describing the construction of the palace of King Esarhaddon (680 - 669 BCE) from Nimrud.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Assyrian reliefs are on slabs of alabaster (Mosul marble) and were used as facing for the mud brick walls of the king's palace in Nimrud.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
 |
Relief of a man about to perform a purification ritual from King Sargon's (721 - 705 BCE) Palace in Khorsabad.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Marble wall carving showing men on a hunt in a forest from a palace in Khorsabad, c710 BCE.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Part of the marble floor from the royal palace in Khorsabad.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Detail of the marble palace floor showing Babylonian Sun symbols.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
Site / Event : Taq Kasra
|
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The structure was a throne room of a palace and has excellent brickwork.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
Site / Event : Taq Kasra
|
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One of the two wings of what was once a Persian palace.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
 |
Beit Khalifa is one of the largest Arab Islamic palaces ever discovered.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
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Much of the palace is below ground level.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
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Palace rooms.
|
2022 |
were added from 1 February 2025.