As governor of Isfahan, he had all the Safavid palaces destroyed, leaving only their splendid mosques. |
Hidden away in the forest and mountains, the picture-postcard town of Sintra is home to impressive palaces and traditional quintas. |
You'll see ice palaces of crystal-clear beauty, which will lead you even on hot summer days into a wintrily world of ice. |
The Duke of York's lodgings at both palaces were remodelled and refurnished in anticipation of the 1673 marriage. |
Over the course of his life he built this great series of vast rambling palaces, one after the other. |
She causes, some say, desolation, evil, and decay, yet she also creates palaces of art and culture, gardens of rank luxuriance. |