- Versailles, Paris: 17th century, photo
- Sans Soucis, Berlin: seat of Prussian kings, 18th century
- Hermitage / Winter palace, St Petersburg: 18th century
- Alhambra, Granada: Arab palace, 9th-13th century, photo
- Kremlin, Moscow: armory & regalia, several cathedrals, 16th century,
photo
- The Tower, London: armory & regalia, 11th century
- Aranjuez, Spain: royal summer palace, 18th century
- El Escorial, Spain: site of mad king Philip II, 16th century
- Summer palace / Petershof, St Petersburg: 18th century, rebuilt after WWII
- Ostankino, Moscow: private palace entirely of wood, 18th century
- Prazsky Hrad (the castle of Prague): castle with cathedral, etc
- Forbidden City, Peking
- Bangkok: Royal Palace and the adjoining Wat Po temple
- - Palazzo Ducale, Venice
- - Zwinger, Dresden: 18th century, rebuilt after WWII,
photo
- - Schönbrunn, Wien
- - Isfahan, Iran: Shah's
palace &
mosque with beautiful green dome, 16th century
- - Chorasan, Iran: Iman Reza sancturay & mosque
- - Potala, Lhasa, Tibet: Dalai Lama temple, 17th century,
photo
Per Åkesson 1994, revised
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