Royal Palace (disambiguation)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palace</span> Grand residence, especially a royal or episcopal residence

A palace is a large residence, often serving as a royal residence or the home for a head of state or another high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome which housed the Imperial residences.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Château</span> French term for a manor house

A château is a manor house, or palace, or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palais de Justice, Paris</span> Building in Paris, France

The Palais de Justice, is a judicial center and courthouse in Paris, located on the Île de la Cité. It contains the Court of Appeal of Paris, the busiest appellate court in France, and France's highest court for ordinary cases, the Court of Cassation. It formerly housed the Tribunal de grande instance de Paris which was relocated in 2018 to a new high-rise building in Paris's Batignolles neighborhood. The Palais de Justice occupies a large part of the medieval Palais de la Cité, the former royal palace of the kings of France, which also includes Sainte Chapelle, the royal chapel, and the Conciergerie, a notorious former prison, which operated from 1380 to 1914. It is located in close proximity to the Tribunal of Commerce, the Prefecture of Police of Paris, and the offices of the Paris Bar Association.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Convention center</span> Building designed to hold a convention

A convention center is a large building that is designed to hold a convention, where individuals and groups gather to promote and share common interests. Convention centers typically offer sufficient floor area to accommodate several thousand attendees. Very large venues, suitable for major trade shows, are sometimes known as exhibition halls. Convention centers typically have at least one auditorium and may also contain concert halls, lecture halls, meeting rooms, and conference rooms. Some large resort area hotels include a convention center.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">King's Guard</span> Military units charged with protecting the royal residences of the United Kingdom

The King's Guard are sentry postings at Buckingham Palace and St James's Palace, organised by the British Army's Household Division. The Household Division also mounts sentry postings at Horse Guards, known as the King's Life Guard.

An official residence is a residence designated by an authority and assigned to an official, and may be the same place where the office holder conducts their work functions or lives.

A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages.

Palais may refer to:

A palace is a grand residence, usually for royalty or other high-ranking dignitaries.

Newcastle usually refers to:

Pálffy Palace may refer to various Central European palaces owned by the noble Pálffy ab Erdöd family:

Windsor Castle is a castle in Windsor, one of the seats of the British Royal Family.

Palace of Justice may refer to:

Alcazar or variant spellings may refer to:

Marble Palace is a Neoclassical palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, completed in 1785.

A palas is that part of a medieval imperial palace or castle which contains the great hall and other prestigious state rooms.

Palais Royal is French for "Royal Palace", and can refer to the Palais-Royal, a former royal palace in Paris

The Grand Palace is a palace complex in Bangkok, Thailand.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Binche Palace</span> Former royal residence in Binche, Belgium

Binche Palace was a royal residence located in Binche, in today's Belgian province of Hainaut, Wallonia. The medieval castle and subsequent Renaissance palace served as residence for the counts of Hainaut, the dukes of Burgundy and the Habsburg rulers of the Netherlands.