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The partially reconstructed wing of the palace of Knossos c. 1500 BCE.

Fasilides Palace in the Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar, Ethiopia. Gondar was made the capital of the Kingdom of Abyssinia (aka Ethiopian Empire) in 1636 CE.

The Palace at Knossos, Crete, (c. 1500 BCE). A restored upper-level lightwell.

Colossal statue of a winged lion from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), modern-day Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Empire, c. 883-859 BCE. This is one of a pair of guardian figures that flanked one of the entrances...

The Minoan palace at Knossos, Crete (c. 1500 BCE).

These are the ruins of the so-called "North Palace" of Nebuchadnezzar II at the ancient city of Babylon. Neo-Babylonian period, reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, 6th century BCE.

Geunjeon, the throne room building of Gyeongbuk Palace in Seoul, South Korea, originally built by the Joseon Dynasty in the late 14th century CE.

Doge's Palace (Palazzo Ducale), Venice.

Mosaic depiction of the Palace of Theodoric in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, Italy, 561 CE. The figures of Theodoric the Great and others were blackened out of the image under Pope Gregory the Great. You can still see...

Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow, Russia. Completed in 1849. Photo taken in 2008.