Palace of the disused royal Palace of Woodstock, and the name was also part of the extraordinary honour when the house was given by a grateful nation to a great general, the Duke of Marlborough. Along with several royal and episcopal palaces in the countryside, Blenheim does demonstrate that "palace" has no specific urban connotation in English. On the use of the term "palace" in the UK, it is notable that Buckingham Palace was known as Buckingham House before it was acquired by the monarchy. Blenheim Palace (in England) and Hamilton Palace (in Scotland, demolished in 1927) are the only non-royal
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.