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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 ]
The palace survived until the Tang dynasty, when it was burnt down by marauding invaders en route to the Tang capital, Chang'an. It was the largest palace complex ever built on Earth, [24] covering 4.8 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi), which is 6.7 times the size of the current Forbidden City, or 11 times the size of the Vatican City.
Bayt al-Razzaz (Arabic: بيت الرزاز) is a mansion in the heart of medieval Cairo, Egypt, constructed from the late 15th century through the late 18th century.The 190-room urban palace in the Darb al-Ahmar neighborhood of medieval Cairo was abandoned in the 1960s, but a restoration project rehabilitated the eastern building between 1977 and 2007.
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A Bit-hilani (Akkadian: Bīt-Ḫilāni, meaning 'house of pillars') is an ancient architectural type of palace. It seems to have become popular at the end of the tenth and during the ninth century BCE during the early Iron Age in northern Syria although it may have originated as early as the Bronze Age .
Alwatzikoebillah Palace Istana Alwatzikoebillah ايستان الواتزيكوبالله: Sambas Regency, West Kalimantan: Banjarese: Sultanate of Sambas: Bogor Palace Istana Bogor ᮄᮞ᮪ᮒᮔ ᮘᮧᮌᮧᮁ Paleis te Buitenzorg: Bogor, West Java: 1744 Indies Empire: Indonesia: Cipanas Palace
Domus Augustana: P2: 2nd peristyle P3: 3rd peristyle Co: courtyard Ex: grand exedra S: Stadium Tr: Tribune of the Stadium. The central section of the palace (labelled "Domus Augustana" in the diagram) consists of at least four main parts: the "2nd Peristyle" to the northeast, the central "3rd Peristyle", the courtyard complex and the exedra on the southwest.
The palace includes a blue and gold dome topped with a spire. This golden statue atop the dome includes a sun with 32 rays at its apex, and also includes a steppe eagle flying beneath the sun. [2] [3] The building's height (including the spire) is 80 meters. [1]