Palaces

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

Built by Portuguese colonizers, the palace is now the seat of power for the independent nation.

Once home to some 250,000 volumes and priceless art artifacts, this Polish estate was a target of bombing during World War II.

Walk through history in a palace that has seen centuries of Muslim rulers.

A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.

This stately palace, first built in the 16th century, was converted into a prison in 1830.

The lone remnant of a 16th-century palace in Old Goa.

Home to what was once considered the largest gate in central Asia.

A unique structure located on the grounds of one of five grand palaces that were built by the Joseon dynasty.

The site of the last royal wedding in Korea.

In an arid region, this beautiful lake in the Aravalli hills is an unexpected delight.

This human-made pond is part of a Korean palace complex first built in the 7th century.

This is one of the last surviving structures of a once vast palace complex.