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  2. Solar (room) - Wikipedia

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    South Solar of Bunratty Castle in County Clare, Ireland. The solar was a room in many English and French medieval manor houses, great houses and castles, mostly on an upper storey, designed as the family's private living and sleeping quarters. [1] Within castles they are often called the "Lords' and Ladies' Chamber" or the "Great Chamber". [1]

  3. Great hall - Wikipedia

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    The Great Hall at Stirling Castle built for James IV. The larger windows lit the high table. In western France, the early manor houses were centred on a ground-floor hall. Later, the hall reserved for the lord and his high-ranking guests was moved up to the first-floor level. This was called the salle haute or upper hall (or "high room"). In ...

  4. Great chamber - Wikipedia

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    The great chamber was the second most important room in a medieval or Tudor English castle, palace, mansion, or manor house after the great hall. Medieval great halls were the ceremonial centre of the household and were not private at all; the gentlemen attendants and the servants would come and go all the time.

  5. Throne room - Wikipedia

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    The throne room at the Palace of Fontainebleau, France.. A throne room or throne hall is the room, often rather a hall, in the official residence of the crown, either a palace or a fortified castle, where the throne of a senior figure (usually a monarch) is set up with elaborate pomp—usually raised, often with steps, and under a canopy, both of which are part of the original notion of the ...

  6. Garderobe - Wikipedia

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    Garderobe is the French word for "wardrobe", a lockable place where clothes and other items are stored.According to medieval architecture scholar Frank Bottomley, garderobes were "Properly, not a latrine or privy but a small room or large cupboard, usually adjoining the chamber [bedroom] or solar [living room] and providing safe-keeping for valuable clothes and other possessions of price ...

  7. List of largest palaces - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of some of the largest buildings that are considered palaces in terms by area. The title of the "world's largest palace" is both difficult to award and controversial, as different countries use different standards to claim that their palace is the largest in the world.

  8. Manor house - Wikipedia

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    Castle – Non-royal castles were generally the residences of feudal barons, whose baronies might comprise several dozen other manors. The manor on which the castle was situated was termed the caput of the barony, thus every true ancient defensive castle was also the manor house of its own manor.

  9. Castle - Wikipedia

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    An important role of the household servants was the preparation of food; the castle kitchens would have been a busy place when the castle was occupied, called on to provide large meals. [160] Without the presence of a lord's household, usually because he was staying elsewhere, a castle would have been a quiet place with few residents, focused ...