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Peterhof Grand Cascade and Great Palace. Peterhof is situated some 25 km (16mi) west of St. Petersburg and can be reached with a hydrofoil that brings you here from the quay in front of the Hermitage.
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Savoy Savoy, Westminster A compact precinct situated south of the Strand and west of Lancaster Place. In 1245 Henry III granted this place to his wife’s uncle, Peter, Count of Savoy, who built himself a palace here. After the count left in 1263 the Savoy Palace became the residence of Eleanor of Castile, wife of Prince Edward – who became Edward I in 1272. The palace was later given to Queen Eleanor’s second son, Edmund of Lancaster.
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Tombs of the Peter and Paul Fortress Nearly every visitor to St. Petersburg will find their way to the Peter and Paul Fortress, and standing at its centre is the Ss. Peter and Paul Cathedral, which houses the tombs of all Imperial Russia's rulers, including Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, and the last Russian monarch Nicholas II.
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Vilshofen Country: Germany. With around 16,000 inhabitants, Vilshofen an der Donau is the largest town in the Passau region. It lies on the edge of the Bavarian Forest, some 20km upstream from Passau. The two tributaries flowing into the Danube have given it the name of the Little Three River Town (Passau being the 'Big' Three River Town).4.
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Ludwigsburg Palace  (Schloss Ludwigsburg) Ludwigsburg Palace (Schloss Ludwigsburg) in the town of Ludwigsburg, just north of Stuttgart is a splendid castle built between 1704 and 1733.It is the largest preserved Baroque residence in Germany.ake a tour (one kilometer in length), and marvel at the numerous rooms in all three periods. The Ludwigsburg Castle was not used for some two hundred years, but its contents were preserved.
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Herrenchiemsee Castle and the Herreninsel Herrenchiemsee Castle and the Herreninsel. Herrenchiemsee, the castle built by Bavarian King Ludwig II as a tribute to Versailles, is one of the most popular tourist attractions on the Chiemsee.
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Potsdam Conference Cecilienhof today: site of the Potsdam Conference. The Potsdam Conference (German: Potsdamer Konferenz) was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm, in Potsdam, occupied Germany, from 17 July to 2 August 1945.
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Hotel California The ambivalence of that stance came out in the song. The Hotel California album was released on December 8, 1976, and went to number one in early 1977, eventually selling more than ten million copies. Hotel California the song was released as a single on March 12, 1977, and also hit number one, going gold.
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Winter Palace The Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, was, from 1732 to 1917, the official residence of the Russian monarchs. Today, the restored palace forms part of a complex of buildings housing the Hermitage Museum. Situated between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square, adjacent to the site of Peter the Great's original Winter Palace, the present and fourth Winter Palace was built and altered almost continuously between the late 1730s and 1837, when it was severely damaged by fire and immedi
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Photographs of Linz, Austria Rathaus (city hall) on the main street in Linz, Austria. The building shown in the photo above is the Altes Rathaus, the city hall of Linz, Austria. Adolf Hitler referred to Linz as his home town..e lived at Humboldtstrasse 31 in the heart of Linz when he was 16 years old. The tourist office in Linz is on the ground floor of the city hall. Nearby places to visit are Hartheim Castle and Leonding, where Hitler's parents are buried.
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- Malacañang Palace is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the Philippines located in the capital city of Manila. The Palace is in fact a complex of buildings built largely in Spanish colonial and Neo-classical style. The original structure was built in 1750 by Don Luís Rocha as a summer house along the Pasig River. It was purchased by the state in 1825 as the summer residence for the Spanish Governor-General. After the June 3, 1863 earthquake destroyed the ...
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St. Petersburg in the era of Catherine I (1725-1727) Catherine had another palace and park, located on an island off the coast of the Baltic Sea, and named in Ekateringof in German style (meaning Catherine's Court). Unfortunately, this wooden palace burned down in 1924, but its name is still preserved in the Kateringof Park near Narvskaya Metro Station.
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- 1 The premiere philatelic event of 1935 was the OSTROPA Philatelic Exhibition in Knigsberg, East Prussia. Knigsberg was founded by the Teutonic Knights in 1255, and was the capital of East Prussia after 1772, and home of the Prussian Kings. King Wilhelm I of Prussia was crowned there in 1861.
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Peterhof Peterhof was built in the early eighteenth century by tsar Peter the Great as a magnificent palace and park complex meant to rival France's Versailles. On an estate that covers more than six hundred hectares, Peter and his successors built some thirty palaces and pavilions in a mesmerizing display of wealth and power.
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Vilshofen on the Danube Map of the Danube / Vilshofen an der Donau. The town of Vilshofen is situated at the entrance to the Lower Bavarian-Upper Austrian Danube gorge from the west, at the point where the rivers Vils, Wolfach and Pfudrach flow into the Danube.
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60-year hunt for Russian Czars' missing Amber Room may be over after discovery in Germany Share this article. Share. Then he found details of clandestine shipments from the city of Koenigsberg-now Kaliningrad and part of Russia but in 1945 the main city of Germany's province of East Prussia-which was the last known storage place of the fabled Amber Room before it fell to the Red Army.hen he found details of clandestine shipments from the city of Koenigsberg-now Kaliningrad and part of Russia but in 1945 the main city of Germany's province of East Prussia-which was the last known storage place of the fabled Amber Room before it fell to the Red Army.
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Peterhof Palace The travelling chambers were special houses built on the roadside for the relaxation of the imperial family. They were possibly built around 7 May 1704, when Peter sailed from Peterhof to Kotlin Island for the consecration of the fort of Kronslot.
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- The Palace of Holyroodhouse, also known as Holyrood Palace, founded as a monastery by David I of Scotland in 1128, has served as the main home of the Kings and Queens of Scotland since the fifteenth century. The Palace stands in Edinburgh, at the bottom of the Royal Mile.
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Berchtesgaden: Once Hitlerâs hideaway in the German Alps, lodge is now a popular retreat Old photographs at the Hinterbrand show Hitler and air force commander Hermann Göring strolling in the grounds. After World War II the lodge became a recreation center for U.S. personnel stationed in Germany.
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- The Apostolic Palace (Italian: Palazzo Apostolico) is the official residence of the Pope, which is located in Vatican City. It is also known as the Papal Palace and the Palace of the Vatican.
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- Baroque splendour lures visitors to Herreninsel. The famous Herrenchiemsee Palace is the final and most magnificent edifice built by fairytale King Ludwig II. The palace was intended to surpass its historic predecessor, the Palace of Versailles built by Sun King Louis XIV.
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Palace of the Parliament The Palace of the Parliament (Romanian: Palatul Parlamentului) is the seat of the Parliament of Romania. Located on Dealul Arsenalului in central Bucharest (Sector 5), it is the second largest administrative building in the world, after The Pentagon in the United States.
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- Amberen has been designed to help provide relief for women over 40 who experience common menopause symptoms such hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, low energy and more caused by hormonal imbalance.
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- Tokyo Imperial Palace. The Tokyo Imperial Palace (皇居, Kōkyo, literally Imperial Residence) is the primary residence of the Emperor of Japan. It is a large park-like area located in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo and contains buildings including the main palace (宮殿, Kyūden), the private residences of the Imperial Family, an archive, museums and administrative offices.
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- Almanach de Saxe Gotha - Nobility of the World. Almanach de Saxe Gotha - Nobility of the World shared Almanach de Saxe Gotha's photo. Schwerin Palace, or Schwerin Castle (German: Schweriner Schloss, is a palatial schloss located in the city of Schwerin, the capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern st...ate, Germany. It is situated on an island in the city's main lake, the Schweriner See.
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Exploring Vienna's Belvedere Palaces: A Visitor's Guide The Belvedere Palaces - or The Belvedere, as it has come to be known - is really two palaces in one. Undoubtedly one of Vienna's most visited historic sites, this splendid attraction consists of two Baroque palaces built for Prince Eugene: the Lower (Unteres) Belvedere and the Upper (Oberes) Belvedere.