“The Monarch of Bokoko expressed his delight to have before him such great guests in his palace.”

“From afar, I looked like an ant, crawling towards the palace at the top of the mountain.”

“Over the course of his life he built this great series of vast rambling palaces, one after the other.”

“You'll see ice palaces of crystal-clear beauty, which will lead you even on hot summer days into a wintrily world of ice.”

“As governor of Isfahan, he had all the Safavid palaces destroyed, leaving only their splendid mosques.”