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Colossal statue of a winged lion from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), modern-day Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Empire, c. 883-859 BCE. This is one of a pair of guardian figures that flanked one of the entrances...

The peristyle is the heart of Roman emperor Diocletian's Palace (Split, Croatia) built at the turn of the fourth century CE.

Fasilides Palace in the Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar, Ethiopia. Gondar was made the capital of the Kingdom of Abyssinia (aka Ethiopian Empire) in 1636 CE.

Mosaic depiction of the Palace of Theodoric in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, Italy, 561 CE. The figures of Theodoric the Great and others were blackened out of the image under Pope Gregory the Great. You can still see...

Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow, Russia. Completed in 1849. Photo taken in 2008.

The Palace at Knossos, Crete, (c. 1500 BCE). A restored upper-level lightwell.

The Apadana (audience hall) of the Palace of Darius in Susa (Iran) was a large hypostyle room of 36 columns. Measuring 109 metres (357 feet) on each side, it was very similar to that of Persepolis in plan and dimensions with distinctive Persian...

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

Geunjeon, the throne room building of Gyeongbuk Palace in Seoul, South Korea, originally built by the Joseon Dynasty in the late 14th century CE.

Muqarnas at Chehel Sotoun Palace, Isfahan, Iran.