Early-Baroque palace designed by Italian architects Filiberto Lucchese and Giovanni Pietro Tencalla. Official site with photograph, history and visitor information.

Offers an illustrated history and description this former imperial retreat in China, now a huge public park. Features a selection of its more than 3,000 buildings.

A history, description and bird's eye map of the second largest imperial garden in China. The complex includes halls, temple and pagoda built around a lake.

A virtual tour of the official residence of the Presidents of the Portuguese Republic, from the Presidential site. The palace was built by D. Manuel of Portugal at the end of the 16th century.

Royal residence of King Louis XIV. Features Hall of Mirrors, trianon, jeu de paume, French-style gardens, fountains, musical fountains, coach museum, orangery, grand trianon, petit trianon. Includes hours, fees, events and directions. [French and English]

This magnificent palace in Fertod, Hungary, was begun in 1720 by Prince József Esterházy. The official site gives a history of the palace, details of exhibitions and concerts, and visitor information.

Bob Atchison provides a virtual tour of the Alexander Palace, Pavlovsk, Yelagin, Gatchina, Catherine Palace, Winter Palace and Peterhof. Part of Russian History Websites.

The official residence of King Kalakaua and Queen Lili`uokalani, the last monarchs of Hawai`i.

The official site of this 19th-century fantasy castle built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria includes an illustrated building history, tour and biography of Ludwig.

History of this Assyrian palace from Learning Sites, with a VRML model and bibliography.

Great Buildings Online gives images, information, commentary and bibliography on a selection of palaces around the world from Minoan to modern.

Description of the ensemble of palaces and parks created by the 18th and 19th-century Prussian kings and German emperors - a World Heritage site. From Cartographic Information System on European Affairs.

Jan-Christoph Rößler provides images, information and bibliography on Venetian palaces. [German, English, Italian]

The official site provides photographs and brief history of the magnificent Baroque imperial palace, with visitor information. The archive of plans, images and papers will be open to the public in future.

Brief history and tour of the 18th-century former imperial palace, now the headquarters of International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.

Ann Church provides a guide to this ornate palace complex. Aerial view. Tour via sensitive bird's-eye map. Illustrated history of the royal family and information on Buddhism.

Photographs by Nattawud Daoruang of this huge palace enclosure built in 1783, containing government offices and the Chapel Royal of the Emerald Buddha besides the royal residences.

Publisher's description of this history by Alexandra Bonfante-Warren of the palace in Paris now one of the world's great museums, with excerpts.

An illustrated essay with bibliography by Michael Greenhalgh of the Australian National University on the Late Roman palace at Split (Spalato) whose ruins survived to influence Neo-Classical architects.

Mohammed Motlib uses computer-reconstruction to show how the Window of Appearance could have been used. Part of The Virtual Study Tour, from the New Zealand School of Architecture.

The official site for the Norwegian monarchy provides an illustrated history and virtual guided tour of the palace in Oslo designed by Danish-born Hans Linstow (1787-1851).

The official site provides a virtual tour and history of the museum buildings: the Baroque Winter Palace (1754-1762) designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli and the Neo-Classical Small Hermitage and Large Hermitage.

Bilkent University Department of History provides a history of this grandiose Ottoman palace and guide to its architectural development. Includes a bibliography.

An illustrated description and history from the collaborative online encyclopedia of the magnificent palace that acted as a country house for French monarchs for centuries.

Essay by Dr. A. Zahoor on the extravagant pleasure palaces built in the 10th century by Islamic potentates in Spain.