| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
 |
The palace is entered via descending steps.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
 |
The palace dates from the 9th century.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
 |
The palace has a large circular area once filled with water from the River Tigris.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
 |
The palace is from the Abbasid era.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
 |
The palace has many tall passageways.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
 |
The palace from ground level.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Bab al-Amma
|
 |
Bab al-Amma was once the main gate to the palace.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Babylon
Site / Event : Palace of Nebuchadnezzar
|
 |
The entrance to the ancient city is dominated by the walls of the Palace of Nebuchadnezzar II.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Babylon
Site / Event : Palace of Nebuchadnezzar
|
 |
The palace was rebuilt under Saddam Hussein.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Babylon
Site / Event : Palace of Nebuchadnezzar
|
 |
The entrance to the palace.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Babylon
Site / Event : Palace of Nebuchadnezzar
|
 |
The palace has five main courtyards and 250 rooms.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Babylon
Site / Event : Palace of Nebuchadnezzar
|
 |
The bricks of the original palace were all inscribed with the name of Nebuchadnezzar.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Babylon
Site / Event : Palace of Nebuchadnezzar
|
 |
The palace is enormous.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Babylon
Site / Event : Palace of Nebuchadnezzar
|
 |
A couple showing the size of the palace.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Babylon
Site / Event : Palace of Nebuchadnezzar
|
 |
The renovated part of the palace contains bricks inscribed with the name of Saddam Hussein.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Babylon
Site / Event : Palace of Nebuchadnezzar
|
 |
The Northern wall of the palace.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Babylon
Site / Event : Palace of Nebuchadnezzar
|
 |
Key shaped arch leading to the rear exterior of the palace.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Babylon
Site / Event : Palace of Nebuchadnezzar
|
 |
The key shaped arch is unique to the palace.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Babylon
Site / Event : Palace of Nebuchadnezzar
|
 |
The gateway to the palace.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Babylon
|
 |
Palace built by Saddam Hussein overlooking the ruins of Babylon.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Babylon
|
 |
Saddam Hussein's Palace was looted during the USA invasion.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Babylon
Site / Event : Processional Way
|
 |
The palace from the Processional Way.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Babylon
Site / Event : Processional Way
|
 |
This was the route taken by the king to enter the palace.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Babylon
Site / Event : Processional Way
|
 |
View of Saddam Hussein's palace.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Babylon
|
 |
The Summer Palace.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Babylon
|
 |
Saddam Hussein's palace overlooking the ruins.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Babylon
|
 |
Residential area next to the palace.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Kufa
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
 |
The architecture of the mosque resembles a pre-Islamic Persian palace.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Nasariya
Site / Event : Nasariya Museum
|
 |
King with courtiers from a relief panel in a palace in the Assyrian capital, Ashur.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Ur
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
The E-Kur-Sag building is considered to be the royal palace.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Ur
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
The palace is 55m square and was completed around 2050 BCE.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Ur
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
Rooms in the palace.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Ur
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
The ziggurat from the palace.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
|
 |
One of the palaces of Saddam Hussein.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Erbil
District : Ankawa
Site / Event : Cathedral of St Joseph
|
 |
The Cathedral is modelled on Babylon, specifically the palace of Nebuchadnezzar.
|
2022 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Harem es Sharif
Site / Event : Al Aksa Mosque
|
 |
Under the Crusaders the mosque was converted to a palace then stables until Jerusalem was retaken by Saladin.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Citadel
|
 |
The Citadel was originally a palace for Herod The Great (died 4 BCE).
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Israel Museum
|
 |
Part of Herod's palace (c1st decade BCE).
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Bank
City / Town : Bethlehem
Site / Event : Herodeon
|
 |
The Herodeon is the ruins of the palace of Herod.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Bank
City / Town : Bethlehem
Site / Event : Herodeon
|
 |
The Herodeon was once King Herod's palace and later his tomb.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Bank
City / Town : Jericho
Site / Event : Hisham Palace
|
 |
The ruins of Hisham Palace.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Bank
City / Town : Jericho
Site / Event : Hisham Palace
|
 |
The palace was built in 724.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Bank
City / Town : Jericho
Site / Event : Hisham Palace
|
 |
The palace was built by an Umayyad Caliph.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Bank
City / Town : Jericho
Site / Event : Hisham Palace
|
 |
After being abandoned the palace was covered by sand until 1937.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Bank
City / Town : Jericho
Site / Event : Hisham Palace
|
 |
The palace is a mix of Classical and Islamic architecture.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Bank
City / Town : Jericho
Site / Event : Hisham Palace
|
 |
The palace is unique and is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
Region : Dead Sea
City / Town : Masada
|
 |
Herod The Great's palace.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
Region : Dead Sea
City / Town : Masada
|
 |
The circular North Palace.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
Region : Dead Sea
City / Town : Masada
|
 |
Model of the North Palace.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
Region : Dead Sea
City / Town : Masada
|
 |
Western Palace.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
Region : Dead Sea
City / Town : Masada
|
 |
The Western palace is still being excavated.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
City / Town : Har Megiddo
|
 |
Solomon's palace dates from 1000 BCE.
|
1986 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lazio
City / Town : Rome
District : Piazza Venezia
|
 |
Venice Palace was once the residence of Mussolini and dates from the 15th century.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lazio
City / Town : Rome
District : Piazza Quirinale
|
 |
Piazza Quirinale (Quirinal Square) is home to the Presidential Palace.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lazio
City / Town : Rome
District : Piazza Quirinale
|
 |
The brightly coloured palace was completed in 1583.
|
1994 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lazio
City / Town : Rome
District : Piazza Quirinale
|
 |
The palace entrance.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lazio
City / Town : Rome
District : Roman Forum
Site / Event : Palace of the Flavians
|
 |
The Palace of the Flavians was completed in 92.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lazio
City / Town : Rome
District : Roman Forum
Site / Event : Palace of the Flavians
|
 |
The palace walls were 30m high.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Tuscany
City / Town : Florence
Site / Event : Pitti Palace
|
 |
The Pitti Palace was built for a family that were rivals of the Medicis.
|
1994 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Tuscany
City / Town : Florence
Site / Event : Bargello Museum
|
 |
The Bargello Museum is in a former palace.
|
1994 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Tuscany
City / Town : Florence
Site / Event : Vecchio Palace
|
 |
The Vecchio (Old) Palace.
|
1994 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Tuscany
City / Town : Florence
Site / Event : Vecchio Palace
|
 |
Vecchio Palace was built in 1314. Florence was once ruled from here.
|
1994 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Sicily
City / Town : Palermo
|
 |
The Palace of the Normans viewed from the Cathedral roof.
|
2014 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Sicily
City / Town : Palermo
Site / Event : Palace of the Normans
|
 |
The palace dates from the 10th Century.
|
2014 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Sicily
City / Town : Palermo
Site / Event : Museum of Modern Art
|
 |
The Museum of Modern Art is housed in a 15th century palace.
|
2014 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lombardy
City / Town : Milan
|
 |
Side street at Brera Palace.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lombardy
City / Town : Milan
Site / Event : Brera Palace
|
 |
The Brera Palace.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lombardy
City / Town : Milan
Site / Event : Brera Palace
|
 |
The entrance to the Brera Palace.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lombardy
City / Town : Milan
Site / Event : Brera Palace
|
 |
Brera Palace is now an art college and an art gallery.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lombardy
City / Town : Milan
Site / Event : Brera Palace
|
 |
View of the palace from the garden.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lombardy
City / Town : Cremona
|
 |
Stanga Palace.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lombardy
City / Town : Cremona
|
 |
Cittanova Palace dates from 1265 was once used as a seat of government.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lombardy
City / Town : Cremona
Site / Event : Trecchi Palace
|
 |
Trecchi Palace was built in 1496.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lombardy
City / Town : Cremona
Site / Event : Trecchi Palace
|
 |
The palace was the home of the dukes of Milan.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lombardy
City / Town : Cremona
Site / Event : Trecchi Palace
|
 |
The entrance to the palace.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Piedmont
Region : Lago Maggiore
District : Isola Bella
|
 |
Isola Bella has a small village and a palace.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Piedmont
Region : Lago Maggiore
District : Isola Bella
|
 |
Isola Bella has a small village and a palace.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Piedmont
Region : Lago Maggiore
District : Isola Bella
Site / Event : Borromeo Palace
|
 |
The courtyard of Borromeo Palace.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Piedmont
Region : Lago Maggiore
District : Isola Bella
Site / Event : Borromeo Palace
|
 |
The palace was developed over two centuries from the 17th.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Piedmont
Region : Lago Maggiore
District : Isola Bella
Site / Event : Borromeo Palace
|
 |
The upper floor of the palace.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Piedmont
Region : Lago Maggiore
District : Isola Bella
Site / Event : Borromeo Palace
|
 |
The palace is famous for its plastered rooms and halls.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Piedmont
Region : Lago Maggiore
District : Isola Bella
Site / Event : Borromeo Palace
|
 |
View of the Alps from the palace.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Piedmont
Region : Lago Maggiore
District : Isola Bella
Site / Event : Borromeo Palace
|
 |
Circular room forms one of the corners of the palace.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Piedmont
Region : Lago Maggiore
District : Isola Bella
Site / Event : Borromeo Palace
|
 |
View of Isola Madre from the palace.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Piedmont
Region : Lago Maggiore
District : Isola Bella
Site / Event : Borromeo Palace
|
 |
One of a series of pebble covered grottos below the palace.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Piedmont
Region : Lago Maggiore
District : Isola Bella
Site / Event : Borromeo Palace
|
 |
The palace is famous for its gardens.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Piedmont
Region : Lago Maggiore
District : Isola Madre
|
 |
Isola Madre is dominated by its palace.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Piedmont
Region : Lago Maggiore
District : Isola Madre
Site / Event : Madre Palace
|
 |
The Madre Palace.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Piedmont
Region : Lago Maggiore
District : Isola Madre
Site / Event : Madre Palace
|
 |
The palace dates from the 16th century.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Piedmont
Region : Lago Maggiore
District : Isola Madre
Site / Event : Madre Palace
|
 |
The palace has a collection of paintings.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Piedmont
Region : Lago Maggiore
District : Isola Madre
Site / Event : Madre Palace
|
 |
The palace features models showing traditional costumes.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Piedmont
Region : Lago Maggiore
District : Isola Madre
Site / Event : Chapel
|
 |
Outside the palace there is a chapel.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Emilia-Romagna
City / Town : Busseto
|
 |
Sign for Orlandi Palace, residence of Giuseppe Verdi when he wrote Rigoletto.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Emilia-Romagna
City / Town : Parma
District : Pillotta Palace
|
 |
The Pillotta Palace.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Emilia-Romagna
City / Town : Parma
District : Pillotta Palace
|
 |
The palace dates from 1622.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Emilia-Romagna
City / Town : Parma
District : Pillotta Palace
|
 |
The palace from Ducale Park.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Emilia-Romagna
City / Town : Parma
District : Pillotta Palace
Site / Event : National Gallery
|
 |
The National Gallery is one of three museums in the palace.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Emilia-Romagna
City / Town : Parma
District : Pillotta Palace
Site / Event : National Gallery
|
 |
2nd century Roman statue of Bacchus, in the National Gallery, one of three museums in the palace.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Emilia-Romagna
City / Town : Parma
District : Pillotta Palace
Site / Event : Farnese Theatre
|
 |
The Farnese Theatre is a wooden structure within the palace.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Emilia-Romagna
City / Town : Ravenna
Site / Event : House of Stone Carpets
|
 |
Below the Church of Santa Eufemia is a 14 room Roman palace with mosaics.
|
2016 |
were added from 1 February 2025.