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In the Palace of the Jaguars there are murals depicting plumed felines holding conch shells and images of a goggled deity (this deity has been associated with the rain god Tlaloc of the much later Aztecs). On the subterranean Temple of the Feathered Conches, buried beneath the palace, there are depictions of a green bird and items associated ...
Jahan Nama Palace is a Palace in Farahabad, Mazandaran province and is part of the Farahabad Complex. The Palace was built during the Abbas the Great period and was destroyed by the Kazakhs. [12] Niavaran Complex: Tehran: During the reign of the Pahlavi dynasty, a new palace named Niavaran was built for the imperial family of Mohammad Reza Shah ...
Garh Panchkot, meaning "Fort of the Five Clans", is a ruined fort located in the eastern part of India at the foothills of Panchet Hill in the district of Purulia, West Bengal.
Ahsan Manzil (Bengali: আহসান মঞ্জিল) is a palace located in the Kumartoli area beside Buriganga River of Dhaka, Bangladesh. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was formerly the residence and seat of the Nawab of Dhaka and has been designated an Old Dhaka Heritage Site . [ 3 ]
Paço de São Cristóvão (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpasu dʒi sɐ̃w kɾisˈtɔvɐ̃w]; English: Palace of Saint Christopher; also known as Palácio Imperial or Palácio Imperial de São Cristóvão) was an imperial palace located in the Quinta da Boa Vista park in the Imperial Neighbourhood of São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Ujjayanta Palace at night, 2014. The palace was designed was designed Sir Alexander Martin of the Martin and Burn Company in the Indo-saracenic style, [6] showing a mix of Mughal, Roman and British influences. [5] The two-storied palace has three large domes, the largest of which is 86 ft (26 m) high, and which rests atop a four-storied central ...
In a video introducing the sale, English Heritage director Simon Thurley described the house as "the Royal Palace of Apethorpe." [20] Since April 2015, the house has been officially registered as Apethorpe Palace in the National Heritage List. [22] The decision was met with some concern. [23] Since 2015 the palace has been undergoing renovation ...
Mezhyhirya is also the former summer house of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's leaders since 1935. [ 15 ] [ failed verification ] During the occupation by Nazi Germany , it was a residence of the Reich Commissar Erich Koch in a palace of the Kiev Military District commander Iona Yakir . [ 16 ]