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The Lower Terrace of the Promontory Palace of Herod the Great (r. 37-4 BCE) stretching into the sea, it was the private section of the palace, Caesarea Maritima, Israel.

Qal’eh Dokhar was built by Ardašīr I as a “barrier fortress” during his 3rd century founding of the Sasanian Empire in Iran. The fortress’s third floor housed his royal residence but was eventually supplanted by a greater palace he built...

A 1568 CE watercolour by Georg Hoefnagel of Nonsuch Palace, Surrey. The palace was built as a pleasure residence for Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) from 1538 CE. It was demolished in the 17th century CE.

The colonnades of the 8th century CE Umayyad palace at Anjar (Lebanon). The palace had a central courtyard surrounded by a peristyle and incorporated decorative or architectonic elements of the Roman era.

The Lake Palace of Udaipur, India. Built in the mid-18th century as a summer palace of the Mewar dynasty which ruled Udaipur, one of the Indian princely states.

The 1901 Gatchina Palace Egg by Peter Carl Fabergé (1846-1920). The egg was given by Tsar Nicholas II (r. 1894-1917) to his mother the Empress Dowager Marie Feodorovna. The egg is made of gold and white enamel with painted decoration. The...

The Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv was built in 1747–1755 by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli. The palace was designed for Empress Elizabeth I in the rococo style. Photo credits: Roman Naumov

The Palace building of Palenque. With the northern half and tower dating to c. 721 CE, the structure is one of the most complex in Maya architecture and its square tower is unique in Mesoamerican sites.

View of the restored part of the South Propylon at Knossos (Crete), decorated with copies of parts of the Procession Fresco. This Propylon formed the south entrance to the palace. The pairs of columns with their corresponding parapets supported...

The Minoan palace at Knossos, Crete (c. 1500 BCE).