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The 980 buildings of the Forbidden City have a combined floor space of 1,614,600 square feet (150,001 m 2) and contain 9,999 rooms (the ancient Chinese believed the god Yù Huáng had 10,000 rooms in his palace; so they constructed an earthly palace to have 9,999 and a half rooms, slightly fewer than in the divine palace, out of respect).
The palace was shaped in a 'W' with wings flanking the central edifice. Only 16 of the 70 rooms were on the ground floor. [2] Though it was to have been an equivalent to the Palace of Versailles, only the central portion was built before the king died and construction was discontinued with 50 of the 70 rooms still incomplete.
The Mateus Palace (Portuguese: Palácio de Mateus, Solar de Mateus or Casa de Mateus) is a palace located in the civil parish of Mateus, municipality of Vila Real, Portugal. The three primary buildings are the manor, the winery and the chapel. The winery buildings date from the 16th century and were modified in the 1800s.
Old Palace, Berlin – former residence of German Emperor William I; Ordenspalais – palace of several Prussian Kings and nobles (demolished) Pannwitz Palace - completed 1914, now serving as a noble hotel; Podewils Palace - unique Baroque palace in central Berlin; Palace of Prince Albrecht – former residence of Prince Albert of Prussia ...
Mateus Palace: Vila Real, Portugal 1739–1743 Nicolau Nasoni: Royal Palace of Madrid: Madrid, Spain 1738–1755 Filippo Juvarra, Juan Bautista Sacchetti and Ventura Rodríguez. St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery: Kyiv, Ukraine ca. 1746 Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi and others Queluz Palace: Sintra, Portugal 1747–1758 Mateus Vicente de Oliveira
Germany: Ellingen Palace: Ellingen: Teutonic Order Germany: Dachau Palace: Dachau: House of Wittelsbach Germany: Schleissheim Palace: Oberschleißheim: Maximilian II Emanuel Germany: Lustheim Palace: Oberschleißheim Maximilian II Emanuel Germany: Nymphenburg Palace: Munich: House of Wittelsbach Germany: Amalienburg: Munich Maria Amalia, Holy ...
The Würzburg Residence (German: Würzburger Residenz) is a palace in Würzburg, Germany. Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt and Maximilian von Welsch , representatives of the Austrian/Southern German Baroque style, were involved in the construction, as well as Robert de Cotte and Germain Boffrand , who were followers of the French style.
Wiesbaden City Palace Yellow salon. Wiesbaden City Palace [1] (German: Stadtschloss Wiesbaden or Wiesbadener Stadtschloss) is a neo-classical building in the center of Wiesbaden, Germany. It was completed in 1841 as the principal city residence of the Dukes of Nassau. The palace has several wings, 145 rooms, and is architecturally integrated ...