You'll sleep like royalty, surrounded by ancient statuary and Renaissance tapestries.
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Photographer Ashley Hicks was given the dream assignment: To set himself loose in the storied palace for ten days with a Canon digital SLR with a mission to capture some 21 of its splendid rooms, several of them never open to the public.
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The Royal Apartments Royal Apartments at Palatine Gallery in Palazzo Pitti From the Palatine Gallery, if so much beauty has not affected you with Stendhal syndrome yet, (when an individual is exposed to an experience of great personal significance, particularly viewing art) the visit continues through the Royal Apartments. The fourteen magnificent rooms which were the home of the Medici and Lorraine grand ducal families and, from 1865, of the king of Italy during the brief period that Florence was capital of Italy. (After the Green room, Gary & I surrenderedand went to explore the Boboli Gardens, after a brief coffee break.) Three historical moments and styles are seen side by side in these series of rooms, giving a sense of the growth of the palace over a long period of time. Their decoration was changed to Empire style by the Savoy (king), but there are still some rooms which maintain decorations and furniture from the age of the Medici. Inthe Green Room, frescoed by Giuseppe Castagnoli in the early 19th century, you can also admire an intarsia cabinet from the 17th century and a collection of gilded bronzes.
Never been inside the home of Queen Elizabeth II before? Thanks to Google, you can finally walk the royal halls.
Danish officials have shared pictures of the stunning Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen, where Princess Mary, Crown Prince Frederik and their four children call home.
The Buckingham Palace summer tour runs from mid-July to late September. You can see the State Rooms and treasures from the Royal Collection.
My friend Jane and I finally settled on a jaunt to Vienna for my 30th birthday in late March and I couldn’t be more excited. Do you have any Vienna travel tips for us…? I’d love to hear any of your favorite museums, shops, or restaurants. One place I’m anxious to explore is the Schönbrunn Palace. The landscape murals by […]
Plan a birthday fit for royalty with our guide to creating a majestic royal palace-themed soirée, perfect for a luxurious, unforgettable celebration.
Munich Residenz (Münchner Residenz, Munich Palace): former royal palace of the Bavarian kings. It is Germany's largest city palace. Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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With the royal wedding still on all of our minds, we can’t help but think about what it’s like to live as royalty. Buckingham Palace is the Queen’s official residence and a royal working place. The Palace is 830,000 square feet, has 775 rooms, including 52 royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and […]
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Photographer Ashley Hicks was given the dream assignment: To set himself loose in the storied palace for ten days with a Canon digital SLR with a mission to capture some 21 of its splendid rooms, several of them never open to the public.
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The Queen's dressmaker said Her Majesty doesn’t spread out over the royal residence and prefers to occupy just a small number of rooms for her day-to-day living
The association 'Bienvenue en France' was created to welcome diplomats and their families on postings to Paris. With unparalleled access to the grand embassies and diplomatic residences in the city, they have partnered with Flammarion to present a guide to these elegant, and rarely-seen houses.
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The residence originated in 1717, when Catherine I of Russia engaged the German architect Johann-Friedrich Braunstein to construct a summer palace for her pleasure. In 1733, Empress Anna commissioned Mikhail Zemtsov and Andrei Kvasov to expand the Catherine Palace. Empress Elizabeth, however, found her mother's residence outdated and incommodious and in May 1752 asked her court architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli to demolish the old structure and replace it with a much grander edifice in a flamboyant Rococo style. Construction lasted for four years and on 30 July 1756 the architect presented the brand-new 325-meter-long palace to the Empress, her dazed courtiers and stupefied foreign ambassadors. During Elizabeth's lifetime, the palace was famed for its lavish exterior. More than 100 kilograms of gold were used to gild the sophisticated stucco façade and numerous statues erected on the roof. It was even rumoured that the palace's roof was constructed entirely of gold. In front of the palace a great formal garden was laid out. It centres on the azure-and-white Hermitage Pavilion near the lake, designed by Zemtsov in 1744, overhauled by Rastrelli in 1749 and formerly crowned by a grand gilded sculpture representing The Rape of Persephone. The interior of the pavilion featured dining tables with dumbwaiter mechanisms. The grand entrance to the palace is flanked by two massive "circumferences", also in the Rococo style. A delicate iron-cast grille separates the complex from the town of Tsarskoe Selo. Although the palace is popularly associated with Catherine the Great, she actually regarded its "whipped cream" architecture as old-fashioned. When she ascended the throne, a number of statues in the park were being covered with gold, in accordance with the last wish of Empress Elizabeth, yet the new monarch had all the works suspended upon being informed about the expense. In her memoirs she censured the reckless extravagance of her predecessor: "The palace was then being built, but it was the work of Penelope: what was done today, was destroyed tomorrow. That house has been pulled down six times to the foundation, then built up again till it was brought to its present state. The sum of a million six hundred thousand rubles was spent on the construction. Accounts exist to prove it; but besides this sum the Empress spent much money out of her own pocket on it, without ever counting". In order to gratify her passion for antique and Neoclassical art, Catherine employed the Scottish architect Charles Cameron who not only refurbished the interior of one wing in the Neo-Palladian style then in vogue, but also constructed the personal apartments of the Empress, a rather modest Greek Revival structure known as the Agate Rooms and situated to the left from the grand palace. Noted for their elaborate jasper decor, the rooms were designed so as to be connected to the Hanging Gardens, the Cold Baths, and the Cameron Gallery (still housing a collection of bronze statuary) - three Neoclassical edifices constructed to Cameron's designs. According to Catherine's wishes, many remarkable structures were erected for her amusement in the Catherine Park. These include the Dutch Admiralty, Creaking Pagoda, Chesme Column, Rumyantsev Obelisk, and Marble Bridge. Upon Catherine's death in 1796, the palace was abandoned in favour of the Pavlovsk Palace. Subsequent monarchs preferred to reside in the nearby Alexander Palace and, with only two exceptions, refrained from making new additions to the Catherine Palace, regarding it as a splendid monument to Elizabeth's wealth and Catherine II's glory. In 1817, Alexander I engaged Vasily Stasov to refurbish some interiors of his grandmother's residence in the Empire style. Twenty years later, the magnificent Stasov Staircase was constructed to replace the old circular staircase leading to the Palace Chapel. Unfortunately, most of Stasov's interiors - specifically those dating from the reign of Nicholas I - have not been restored after the destruction caused by the Germans during World War Two. When the German forces retreated after the siege of Leningrad, they had the residence intentionally destroyed,[1] leaving only the hollow shell of the palace behind. Prior to World War II, the Russian archivists managed to document a fair amount of the contents, which proved of great importance in reconstructing the palace. Although the largest part of the reconstruction was completed in time for the Tercentenary of St Petersburg in 2003, much work is still required to restore the palace to its former glory. In order to attract funds, the administration of the palace has leased the Grand Hall to such high-profile events as Elton John's concert for the elite audience in 2001 and the 2005 exclusive party which featured the likes of Bill Clinton, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Naomi Campbell, and Sting.
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Situated 40 km outside of St. Petersburg Gatchina Palace was built 1766–1781 for Grigory Orlov, a favorite of Catherine the Great.
Photographer Derry Moore and interior designer David Mlinaric offer a panoramic tour inside some of Britain's finest manor houses, halls, castles, and public buildings.
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Palace of Versailles.
Photographer Ashley Hicks was given the dream assignment: To set himself loose in the storied palace for ten days with a Canon digital SLR with a mission to capture some 21 of its splendid rooms, several of them never open to the public.
