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Governor's Palace

History of Élysée Palace in France

Beijing: Forbidden City

Palazzo Grimani, on the Grand Canal, Venice, by Michele Sanmicheli, c. 1556 (completed c. 1575)

Take a royal trip to Buckingham Palace, the official residence and home of Her Majesty Queen Elisabeth II

Royal Palace at Nuku'alofa, capital of the Kingdom of Tonga

Tonga: Royal Palace

Palenque, Mexico

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The Pond Gardens, Hampton Court palace and garden, London, England. (horizontal)

9 Palaces in England

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio), 1483-1520. The vision of the prophet Ezekiel, 1518. Wood, 40 x 30 cm. Inv 174. Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy

13 Artists Who Died Untimely Deaths

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Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.

10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.

6 of the World’s Deadliest Natural Disasters

winter ice melting salt on the ground, pattern as background

Why Does Salt Melt Ice?

The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

Parsons Weems' Fable, oil on canvas by Grant Wood, 1939; in the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Catalog entry: The historian Mason Locke Weems, commonly known by his clerical title, Parson Weems, pulls back a curtain to point at 6-year-old George Washington. Bearing an adult head and holding an axe, George gazes blankly up at his father, Augustine, who questions his son while holding a partially cut cherry tree. All of this takes place in front of a 20th-century brick building, which Wood modeled after his own home in Iowa. The scene illustrates the fable of Washington and the cherry tree, which Weems invented in 1806 for the first president's biography. Wood playfully suggests the artifice of the tale here, presenting the story in the manner of a costumed stage play rather than a real event. Amid the action, two Black figures pick cherries in the background, a reference to Washington' slaveholding past and a reminder of of what often gets left out in historical mythmaking.

Did George Washington Really Say, “I Can’t Tell a Lie”?

earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.

The 6 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1950

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Governor's Palace

Beijing: Forbidden City

Palazzo Grimani, on the Grand Canal, Venice, by Michele Sanmicheli, c. 1556 (completed c. 1575)

Royal Palace at Nuku'alofa, capital of the Kingdom of Tonga

Tonga: Royal Palace

Palenque, Mexico

History of Élysée Palace in France

Take a royal trip to Buckingham Palace, the official residence and home of Her Majesty Queen Elisabeth II

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Inigo Jones

English architect and artist

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Jacopo Sansovino

Italian sculptor

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French landscape architect

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Italian architect

Paris: Place de la Concorde

Ange-Jacques Gabriel

French architect

Matvey Fyodorovich Kazakov

Russian architect

Würzburg Residenz, designed by Balthasar Neumann, 18th century, Würzburg, Germany.

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Guarino Guarini

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Germain Boffrand

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Delorme, Philibert

Philibert Delorme

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“Doris,” detail from the “Fountain of Neptune,” executed from Bartolommeo Ammannati's model by Andrea Calamech, 1563–75; in Piazza della Signoria, Florence

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Jacques Lemercier

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Luciano Laurana

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Layard, drawing by G.F. Watts; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

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Hagia Sophia. Istanbul, Turkey. Constantinople. Church of the Holy Wisdom. Church of the Divine Wisdom. Mosque.

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