Topkapi Palace
Imperial Ottoman palace in Istanbul founded by Mehmet II in 1459.
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The Topkapi replaces an early royal palace that was established between the old forum and the Golden Horn.
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Palace at Versailles, France
Salisbury, England
Ridge tile / crown tile: A tile which is curved in section, often decorative, used to cover the ridge of a roof
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parapet (23) -- a low wall, placed at the edge of a platform, balcony, or roof (Oxford Dict.) ...
Palace
- from Latin Palatium. In simple terms, a building with the rooms arranged horizontally, ie for gracious living, rather than vertically, for defence.
PALACE: The official residence of a sovereign.
PALISADE: A wooden defensive fence.
PARAPET: A low wall on the outer side of the main wall, protecting the front of the entry walk.
Palaces and forts in Rajasthan are a good example of Rajput architecture. Various Rajput dominated historic cities such as Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Jaipur have intricate examples of Rajput architecture.
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Pitti Palace - Florence - Italy (1458)
Renaissance Palace of Charls V - Granada - Spain (15th century)
Reales Alcázares Sevillanos - Spain (16th c.) ...
Holyrood Palace
Quadratura - 'Trompe l'il' architectural painting of walls and ceilings. In the 17th and 18th Century it was frequently executed by travelling painters who specialized in it and were known as quadraturisti.
(Italian, palace): used for any compact and ornate building like a large Italian town house, usually classical in style.Palimpsest(lit. scraped again): Reuse of a surface.
Building: Palace of Blachernae
Date: begun 5th century, enlarged 11th-12th century
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an Italian palace, or any large extravagant building of a similar style.
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palacePalace derives from the Latin palatium, which derives from the name of the Palatine Hill in Rome on which Augustus built his house. palaestraPalaestra derives from the Greek palaio (meaning to wrestle) and describes a wrestling school.
At Azay le Rideau, Loire, and in the château of St Germain-en-Laye, the staircases in return flights are built between walls, and the same is found in the ducal palace at Venice and most of the palaces of Rome.
basilica The early Greek name for a royal palace; a large oblong building with double columns and a semicircular apse at one end, frequently used by Christian emperors of Rome for religious purposes.
In England, Blenheim Palace, designed (1705) by Sir John Vanbrugh for the Duke of Marlborough, emulated in rougher and reduced form the grandeur of Versailles. A renewed interest in Palladio and in his follower Inigo Jones emerged.
Features of the Emperor's Palace:
The Emperor's Palace was a large, two-story building. The palace had a large courtyard.
The first floor had rooms that were greatly large, and each one had its own purpose.
What a sight did your piety grant to us, when in the palace of Milan you were both beheld by those who were given admission to adore your sacred countenances, ...
Palace of the Governors, c.1610. Altered/renovated numerous times, the latest being 1913. In that year, the Museum of New Mexico staff applied their newly adopted Santa Fe style to the exterior of the structure.
One perfect example of splendid roofs would be located inside the wonderful palace, The Forbidden Palace. The thirteen tombs all have roof tiles which are a brilliant yellow, green, and red.
In the last quarter of the 14th century, however, the grim fortresses were gradually replaced by graceful châteaux and impressive palaces that sometimes were the source of important architectural innovations.
The best Gothic work in Italy is not ecclesiastical, but secular, and is to be found in the palaces of Venice, Siena, Florence, and Bologna.
Palace - A royal house
Paradise - A park or pleasure ground.
Parapet - A low wall or railing built along the edge or roof or a floor.
Parasol - A sunshade.
Park - An enclosed piece of land used for public recreation ...
Westminster : Until 1529 the medieval Palace of Westminster was the chief London residence of the monarch as well as the centre for the legal and administrative business of government.
This is a palace building within the Islamic world.
Sassanids
A Persian dynasty that reigned from 224 AD until 651 AD. They were the principal rivals of the late Roman and early Byzantine Empires.
Blenheim Palace
Castle Howard
Sir John Vanbrigh
Vanbrugh
To the next generation and the end of the period (or rather of the Restoration literature, which actually lasted somewhat beyond 1700), belong William Congreve, a master of sparkling wit, ...
Other ancient peoples among whom it had made great progress were the Babylonians, whose most celebrated buildings were temples, palaces, and hanging-gardens; the Assyrians, whose capital, Nineveh, was rich in splendid buildings; the Phoenicians, ...
Chapel. The name derives from the oratory in Charlemagne's palace at Aquisgrana in Germany, where the cape of Saint Martin of Tours was housed. In the nave of a church it represents a niche containing an altar dedicated to a saint.
(Pronunciation: "SHEEN-den") An early style of Japanese palace architecture, which lacked a system of dividing interior space—with the exception of portable curtains or folding screens.
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Aztec architecture - Characterized by tall staircases with dragon designs, lavish two-story palaces with gold panels, paintings, and decorations.
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Abbot
The head of a male monastery.
Baroque - a European style of architecture and decoration which developed in the 17th century in Italy from late Renaissance and Mannerist forms, and culminated in the churches, monasteries, and palaces of southern Germany and Austria in the ...
Alcazar - A building type that is a legacy of the Moorish occupation of Spain, a fortified palace found mainly in south of the country, particularly Seville and Granda.
Alcasar, Alcazar, Alkazar: When an alcazabar was rebuilt and enlarged in stone it became an alcazar, which was used as fortified palace of the regional military governor.
Famous Beaux Arts structures include the New York Public Library, Carnegie Hall, and the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
Chief examples of the style are the Doge's Palace and the Ca' d'Oro in Venice. The style was revived in the 19th century, largely through the influence of British architectural critic John Ruskin and his treatise The Stones of Venice.
 See also: Architecture, House, Tower, Arches, Church
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