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- Archbishop's Palace, Kromeriz, Czech Republic - Early-Baroque palace designed by Italian architects Filiberto Lucchese and Giovanni Pietro Tencalla. Official site with photograph, history and visitor information.
www.azz.cz
- Belem Palace - A virtual tour of the official residence of the Presidents of the Portuguese Republic, from the Presidential site. The palace was built by D. Manuel of Portugal at the end of the 16th century.
www.presidenciarepublica.pt/en/palacio
- Castles and Palaces of Austria - The Austrian National Tourist Office publishes this text-only directory.
austria-tourism.at/route/facts2.html
- Castles and Palaces of Poland - Commercial directory organized by region.
www.poland.net/castles
- Castles and Palaces of Portugal - Photographs with brief histories and descriptions of Belem Tower and Castelo de São Jorge (Lisbon), Palace de Pena and Sintra Palace (Sintra), Queluz, Mafra, Marvão, Bragança Castle and Paço de Giela.
www.castelos.org
- Esterházy Castle - This magnificent palace in Fertod, Hungary, was begun in 1720 by Prince József Esterházy. An outline of its history, illustrated with expandable thumbnail photographs.
www.fertod.hu/kastelya.html
- Imperial Palaces of Petersburg - Bob Atchison provides a virtual tour of the Alexander Palace, Pavlovsk, Yelagin, Gatchina, Catherine Palace, Winter Palace and Peterhof. Part of Russian History Websites.
www.alexanderpalace.org/petepalaces/palaces.html
- Northwest Palace of Ashur-nasir-pal II at Nimrud - History of this Assyrian palace from Learning Sites, with a VRML model and bibliography.
www.learningsites.com/NWPalace/NWPalhome.html
- Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin - Description of the ensemble of palaces and parks created by the 18th and 19th-century Prussian kings and German emperors - a World Heritage site. From Cartographic Information System on European Affairs.
www.geog.fu-berlin.de/eurocis/whl/c532potsdam.shtml
- Schönbrunn Palace, Austria - The official site provides photographs and brief history of the magnificent Baroque imperial palace, with visitor information. The archive of plans, images and papers will be open to the public in future.
www.schoenbrunn.at
- Schloss Laxenburg, Austria - Brief history and tour of the 18th-century former imperial palace, now the headquarters of International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.
www.iiasa.ac.at/docs/IIASA_Tour.html
- Summer Palace - A history, description and bird's eye map of the second largest imperial garden in China from Beijing Trip. The complex includes halls, temple and pagoda built around a lake.
www.beijingtrip.com/attractions/summer/index.htm
- The Grand Palace in Bangkok - Ann Church provides a guide to this ornate palace complex. Aerial view. Tour via sensitive bird's-eye map. Illustrated history of the royal family and information on Buddhism.
www.smcm.edu/Academics/ALDiv/Art/thailand
- The Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand - Photographs by Nattawud Daoruang of this huge palace enclosure built in 1783, containing government offices and the Chapel Royal of the Emerald Buddha besides the royal residences.
www.thaistudents.com/guidebook/palace1.html
- The Louvre - Publisher's description of this history by Alexandra Bonfante-Warren of the palace in Paris now one of the world's great museums, with excerpts.
www.hlla.com/catalog/louvre.html
- The Palace of Diocletian at Split - An illustrated essay with bibliography by Michael Greenhalgh of the Australian National University on the Late Roman palace at Split (Spalato) whose ruins survived to influence Neo-Classical architects.
www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Experimental/split/split1.html
- The Palace of Rameses III - Mohammed Motlib uses computer-reconstruction to show how the Window of Appearance could have been used. Part of The Virtual Study Tour, from the New Zealand School of Architecture.
archpropplan.auckland.ac.nz/virtualtour/rameses
- The Royal Palace of Norway - The official site for the Norwegian monarchy provides an illustrated history and virtual guided tour of the palace in Oslo designed by Danish-born Hans Linstow (1787-1851).
www.kongehuset.no
- The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia - The official site provides a virtual tour and history of the museum buildings: the Baroque Winter Palace (1754-1762) designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli and the Neo-Classical Small Hermitage and Large Hermitage.
www.hermitage.ru/html_En/index.html
- Topkapi Palace - Explore Turkey provides an illustrated history and tour of the splendid palace from which the Ottoman Empire was ruled for centuries.
www.exploreturkey.com/exptur.phtml?id=274
- Versailles, France - Elegant bilingual official site offering history, guided tour via an interactive map, 360-degree panoramas, gallery of masterpieces and visitor information.
www.chateauversailles.fr
- Wonders of Az-Zahra and Other Andalusian Palaces - Essay by Dr. A. Zahoor on the extravagant pleasure palaces built in the 10th century by Islamic potentates in Spain.
cyberistan.org/islamic/zahra.html
- Palaces - Great Buildings Online gives images, information, commentary and bibliography on a selection of palaces around the world from Minoan to modern.
www.greatbuildings.com/types/types/palace.html
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