Buckingham Palace forms the architectural core of the palace was built for the first Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703 to the design of William Winde. The style chosen was of a large, three-floored central block with two smaller flanking service wings. Buckingham House was eventually sold by Buckingham's natural son, Sir Charles Sheffield, in 1761 to George III for £21,000. Sheffield's leasehold on the mulberry garden site, the freehold of which was still owned by the royal family, was due to expire in 1774. Under the new Crown ownership, the building was originally intended as a private retreat for King
Palace of the National Military Circle Palace of the National Military Circle The Palace of the National Military Circle, also known as the Officers' Circle Palace (Romanian:"Cercul Militar Național") is located on Constantin Mile street in Bucharest, Romania. It was built in 1911 by architect Dimitrie Maimarolu using French neoclassical style. The beneficiary was the Officers' Circle of the Bucharest military garrison, which was founded in 1876. The palace was built on the site of the old Sărindar monastery; the fountain in front of the palace bears its name. During the 1919 German occupation of Bucharest in the First World War, the building's interiors were devastated.