October 6, 2011
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Osborne House is the beloved seaside retreat of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert — a magnificent Italianate palace on the Isle of Wight that was designed by Prince Albert himself and served as the royal family’s private escape from the formality of Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. Victoria famously described Osborne as “a place of […]
Tags: 19th-century, amanda, animals, creative-commons, forests, hectares, home-united, isle-of-wight, longest-reigning-british-monarch, love, map, osborne-house-queen-victoria, osbourne-house, palace, parents, photo, play-grounds, plots-of-land, prince-albert, royal-family, rural-retreat, sight, united-kingdom
Categories: Sights, United Kingdom
October 3, 2011
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Palace of Versailles – one of the most famous monuments in Europe | France Updated: October 3, 2020 | By Claire | More One of the most famous monuments on the European continent is also the French Palace of Versailles (Château de Versailles), which was built in the 17th century by King Louis XIII as […]
Tags: castle, chamber-music, chateau-de-versailles, europe-france, european-continent, france, french-chateau, french-palace, garden, grandes-eaux-musicales, great-french-revolution, hunting-lodge, important-events, king-louis-xiii, louis-xiv, monuments-in-europe, music-bands, palace, palace-of-versailles, royal-apartments, spectacular-tour, sun-king, unique-architecture, versailles, water-festival
Categories: France, Nature, Sights
August 24, 2011
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Linderhof Palace – the beautiful palace in the mountain of Bavaria, Germany Updated: October 27, 2020 | By Claire | More The idea to build Linderhof Palace came from the King Ludwig II of Bavaria while visiting the International Exhibition in Paris in 1867. Napoleon III took him to Compiègne, the Louvre, the Tuileries and […]
Tags: absolute-monarchy, bavaria, bavaria-germany, beautiful-palace, castle, circular-temple, entrance-hall, equestrian-statue, francois-girardon, french-kings, germany, international-exhibition, king-ludwig-ii, king-ludwig-ii-of-bavaria, linderhof-palace, marble-pilasters, marble-statue, napoleon-iii, palace, rococo-style, romantic-structures, sight, sun-king, versailles-palace
Categories: Germany, Sights
May 14, 2011
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Santa María de León Cathedral – one of the most beautiful cathedrals in Europe | Spain Updated: May 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Santa María de León Cathedral is one of the most beautiful cathedrals in Europe. It is located in Spain, in the northwestern part of the country, in the historic city […]
Tags: 13th-century, 16th-century, admission, admission-fee, cathedral, cathedral-museum, cathedrals, cathedrals-in-europe, circular-window, city-of-leon, cloister, enrique, france, frescoes, google, gothic, gothic-statue, gothic-style, historic, historic-city, la-virgen, leon, monday-to-friday, museum, national-monument, northwest, one-of-the-most-beautiful-cathedrals-in-europe, palace, port, portals, pub, public-holidays, roman-spa, sandstone, santa-maria-de-leon-cathedral, spain, stained-glass-windows, virgin-mary
Categories: Sights, Spain, Virtual Travel
March 6, 2011
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Pena National Palace (Palácio Nacional da Pena) is one of the most extraordinary royal residences in Europe — a riotously colourful Romanticist castle perched atop a rocky peak in the Sintra mountains above Lisbon, whose vivid yellow and red towers, ornate Manueline stonework, and eclectic blend of Gothic, Moorish, Renaissance, and Manueline architectural styles make […]
Tags: 19th-century, da-pena, government-officials, history, lisbon, middle-ages, monastery, palace, pena-national-palace, portugal, seven-wonders, seven-wonders-of-portugal, sintra, top-of-the-hill, town, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, weather
Categories: Portugal, Sights
November 6, 2010
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Kronborg Castle in Denmark – the place of William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy Hamlet Updated: May 18, 2020 | By Claire | 2 Replies More If you take the ferry from Helsingør to Helsinborg, it’s hard to miss the fortified castle of Kronborg at the coast. It became famous mainly because its corridors and rooms were […]
Tags: castle, centuries, corridors, denmark, elsinor, england, hamlet, italy, kronborg, kronborg-castle, northern-europe, palace, renaissance-castle, renaissance-castles, scandinavia, tourists, tragedy, unesco, william-shakespeare, world-heritage-sites
Categories: Denmark, Sights
November 5, 2010
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Frederiksborg Palace in Denmark – the largest Renaissance palace in Scandinavia Updated: May 18, 2020 | By Claire | More Magnificent Frederiksborg Palace (or castle) is situated on the shores of the lake Slotsø near the town of Hillerød. King Christian IV. began with the construction of the Renaissance chateau in the early 17th century. […]
Tags: beautiful-palace, castle, castle-church, castle-construction, castle-gardens, center-of-commerce, center-of-copenhagen, clothing-shops, coats-of-arms, constitutional-monarchy, danish-history, danish-kingdom, danish-kings, dannebrog, denmark, frederiksborg, frederiksborg-palace, french-garden, noble-families, order-of-the-elephant, palace, renaissance-chateau, scandinavia, the-largest-renaissance-palace-in-scandinavia, time-periods, vibrant-town, village-houses
Categories: Denmark, Sights
October 15, 2010
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Drottningholm Palace – one of Sweden’s Royal Palaces Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Drottningholm Palace (Drottningholms slott) is a private royal residence located on one of the outlying islands of Stockholm (Lovön), right on the shores of Lake Mälaren. The palace was built by John III of Sweden in 1580 for […]
Tags: adrian-de-vries, architectural-features, charles-x, chinese-pavilion, drottningholm, drottningholm-palace, drottningholms-slott, electric-lamps, gustav-iii, hedwig, mala-strana-prague, marble-sculptures, one-of-swedens-royal-palaces, open-grassy-areas, palace, queen-catherine, queen-dowager, royal-palace, royal-palaces, safety-reasons, sweden, theatrical-performances, two-ponds, wallenstein, war-booty
Categories: Sights, Sweden
October 5, 2010
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The Royal Palace of Caserta with the Park in Italy Updated: May 23, 2020 | By Claire | More Caserta Royal Palace or the Royal Palace of Caserta (Reggia di Caserta) is the former Baroque residence of Bourbon family. It is situated in the south part of Italy, in the town of Caserta in Campania. […]
Tags: caserta, caserta-reggia, caserta-royal-palace, charles-iii, chateau-of-versailles, diana-and-actaeon, ferdinand-iii, ferdinand-iv, fontana-dei-delfini, french-models, italy, king-of-spain, king-of-spain-1759, luigi-vanvitelli, palace, park, reggia-di-caserta, royal-palace-of-caserta, son-ferdinand, spanish-king, spanish-throne, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, venus-and-adonis
Categories: Italy, Sights, Virtual Travel
