Historical
Houses of Europe
Blenheim
Palace, England
In Great Britain, among the historical
houses The Blenheim Palace is situated eight
miles north west of Oxford, close to Woodstock,
within the Oxfordshire Cotswolds. The Palace and
Formal Gardens open on 11th February 2006.
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Wilton
House, England
The Wilton house’ magnificent State Rooms
are designed by Inigo Jones. The Double Cube Room,
considered to be the finest 17th century state room
in England, was designed
to display family portraits by Van Dyck. This is
the greatest collection of paintings by the artist
still to be seen in the finest surviving 17th century
stateroom in England.
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Stately Home, England
A stately home is, strictly speaking, one of about
500 large properties built in England between the
mid-16th century and the early part of the 20th century,
as well as converted abbeys and other church property
(after the Dissolution of the Monasteries). They are
usually distinguished from true "castles",
being of a later date and built purely as residences.
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Apostolic palace,Vatican City
The Apostolic Palace, which is also called the Papal
Palace or the Palace of the Vatican, is the official
residence of the Pope in the Vatican City.
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Belem Palace, Portugal
Portugal’s Belem palace is situated high up
in gardens on a gently sloped hill, the Belem Palace
is the official residence of Portugal's president
since 1910. It was built in 1559 and altered in the
18th century by King João V.
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Charlemont House, Ireland
Lord Charlemont had met and befriended Sir William
Chambers in Italy while Chambers was studying roman
antiquities and Charlemont was on a collecting trip.
Years later Charlemont had hired Chambers to design
his Casino on his family estate at Marino outside
Dublin.
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Chillong Castle, Switzerland
The Chillon Castle (Château de Chillon) is located
on the shore of Lake Geneva near Montreux, Switzerland.
The castle consists of 25 independent buildings that
were gradually connected and now form a single whole.
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Drottinghom Palace, Sweden
The Drottningholm Palace is the private residence
of the Swedish royal family. It is located in Drottningholm
on the island Lovön, and is one of Sweden's Royal
Palaces.
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Flakfortet, Denmark
Flakfortet is a sea fortress located on the artificially
built island, Saltholmreb, in Øresund between
Copenhagen and Malmö. The Island and Fort are
simple known as Flakfortet, the name of the Island,
Saltholmreb, is seldom used.
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German Embassy Building, Hungary
The German Embassy in Budapest is Germany's diplomatic
mission to Hungary. It is located at Úri utca
64-66, in the I. Várkerület district.
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Commerzbank Tower, Germany
Commerzbank Tower is a skyscraper located in Frankfurt,
Germany. After it was completed in 1997, it ranked
as the tallest construction in Europe until 2004,
and now is only surpassed by Moscow's Triumph-Palace.
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Montparnasse
Tower, France
Tour Montparnasse (Montparnasse Tower) is an office
skyscraper located in Paris, France, in the area of
Montparnasse. Constructed from 1969 to 1972, it is
the tallest skyscraper in France.
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Triumph Palace, Russia
Triumph-Palace is the name of an apartment building
in Moscow. It is sometimes called the 8th Tower because
it is similar in appearance to the Seven Sisters skyscrapers
built in Moscow by Stalin through the 1950s. Construction
began in 2001.
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Millenium Tower, Austria
Millennium
Tower is a 202 metre (663m foot) tall skyscraper
in Vienna, Austria. It has 51 floors and was completed
in 1999 in time for the coming of the third millennium.
It is the tallest building in Vienna and in Austria.
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Villa Plinianina, Italy
This villa was named after famous Villa Pliniana on
the shore of Lake Como, Italy. "Plinianina"means
"small Pliniana". An engineer Canzio Canzi
had it build in Venetian Gothic style around 1855.
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