Forty broken jars, which would have each held 50 litres to be drunk by important guests, were unearthed in the ruins of an ancient palace.

In 1834 a fire destroyed almost all of the ancient palace, and rebuilding was finally completed in 1870.

The prisoners are proud that their efforts are on display in the ancient palace.

In ancient palace systems, the producers were typically part of the working capital.

It was one of the most famous halls of the ancient palace and was the state banqueting hall, lined with mosaics.

A screen in the digital dashboard tailors the readout to suit the situation, while blue mood lighting gives the car an ice palace feel.

She belts out a defiant survivor's anthem from her freshly minted ice palace, or, as she calls it, her 'kingdom of ice-olation'.

Most of the country's 5 million people lived in poverty while he lavished earnings from gas exports on vanity projects, including an ice palace and a 40m pyramid.

Dad took me onto the set - a pirate ship and an ice palace.

He spent much of the national income on grand vanity projects, including an ice palace outside the capital.

The palace building underwent further renovation in the 1920s.

All remains of the palace building on the platform are lost, although many wall paintings were found.

Next to the palace a second, badly preserved palace building was found.

These tiles are obvious on the top side of the palace building.

About 1820 two further pavilions, a northern and a southern one, arose at the palace building itself.

It comes with stylish decor and exclusive cycling rights in the palace grounds.

Police summoned to the scene found him in the palace grounds, smoking a cigarette while yelling at journalists and taunting officers to arrest him.

Many of the menial staff don't get to see the outside of the palace grounds for the duration of their contract.

Orchestral concerts are a regular in the cathedral, and you can see plays and concerts in the castle and palace grounds in the warmer months.

Audio and video effects capture the ambiance of the palace grounds.

He led a sheltered existence within the safety of his palace walls.

Beyond the marble palace walls, things are rather different.

The same sentiment was echoed by graffiti sprayed on the palace walls.

They have inspired a third letter from another grandson, who thanked the first for his efforts - an unprecedented show of dissent within the palace walls.

Cupolas pop up from amid a maze of palace walls.

Who else would think about building a pleasure palace stuck out at the mercy of the elements?

This exuberant art-deco pleasure palace, opened in 1921, might have been made to house lyric-theatre spectacle.

It's geared up as a pleasure palace.

But how do they find these pleasure palaces?

The weekend our pleasure palaces fell silent, due to an unprecedented global health crisis.

The presidential palace, the cathedral, at least four ministries, embassies, apartment blocks, schools and tens of thousands of homes have been severely damaged or destroyed.

But, like a desert storm, it has gained momentum and now swirls around the fortified presidential palace.

They fought back marchers who tried to reach the seat of government and the presidential palace.

The presidential palace of a region of only 70,000 inhabitants was in flames as intense hand-to-hand fighting broke out across the town.

After forcing the former president to flee the country, rebel forces descended on the presidential palace.

You won't have seen anything like it in a royal palace.

Others decorated the royal palace, documenting the kingdom’s history.

Spinning gracefully at 22 revolutions per minute, the 1.7m turbines will generate 300 kilowatts — enough power for 400 homes, or half a royal palace.

In the following year, they forced him to resign and placed him under house arrest on the grounds of the former royal palace.

The drawing for the new royal palace will strike a chord with many architects and displays the sort of analytical sketching that all do.