- Built between 1894 and 1896 by the last ruling grand duke of Oldenburg (Lower Saxony), Frederick Augustus.
- Its design imitates Baroque architecture and its southeastern corner (today its left-hand entrance) has an onion-dome-topped tower.
- During construction Frederick Augustus’s wife Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia died and the new building was named in her memory.
- On 24 October 1896 Frederick Augustus moved into the new residence with his family and his second wife Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
- The Palais now houses the Sozialgericht Oldenburg.

Topkapi Palace was the residence in Istanbul of the Ottoman Sultans from 1465 to 1856. Initial construction began in 1459, ordered by Sultan Mehmed II, the conqueror of Byzantine Constantinople. Sultans abandoned it for Dolmabahçe Palace.

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At the center of Beijing, the Forbidden City was home to 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The construction of the grand palace started in the fourth year of Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty (1406), and ended in 1420. For almost five hundred years, it served as the home of the Emperor and his household. Now houses the Palace Museum. Covers 72 ha, surrounded by a 7.9 metres (26 ft) high city wall. Inside, 90 palaces and courtyards, 980 buildings, and 8,704 rooms.
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Located in the 1st arrondissement, the Palais Royal was residence of Cardinal Richelieu, then, of Louis XIII, Anne of Austria, Cardinal Mazarin and the Orléans. Today, houses the Conseil d’État, the Constitutional Council, and the Ministry of Culture

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On a rocky hill, on the banks of the River Darro, rising above Granada, the Alhambra (“the red fortress”) was originally designed as a military area. It became the residence of royalty and of the court of Granada in the middle of the thirteenth century, after the establishment of the Nasrid kingdom. The Palace of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in 1527, was inserted in the Alhambra within the Nasrid fortifications. The highlight of the Alhambra is the Nasrid Palace which is in actuality several different palaces connected together.

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