Building Types
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- Sea the Lights
- Robert de Via gives lighthouse facts and trivia, a glossary of terms, some photographs and links to related sites.
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- The World Lighthouse Society
- Newsletter, publications and information on the executive board, subscriptions and membership.
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- Mills and Millers of Ireland
- The Society for the Preservation of Ancient and Traditional Irish Mills links members and mill enthusiasts throughout Ireland and beyond. Events, membership, mill links, newsletter and list of mills open to the public.
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- Society for the Preservation of Old Mills
- A non-profit organization in the United States. Aims, board, publications, conference, event calendar, grants for repair and research, regional chapters, links.
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- Beijing Service: Summer Palace
- Offers an illustrated history and description this former imperial retreat in China, now a huge public park. Features a selection of its more than 3,000 buildings.
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- Beijing Trip: Summer Palace
- A history, description and bird's eye map of the second largest imperial garden in China. The complex includes halls, temple and pagoda built around a lake.
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- Imperial Palaces of Petersburg
- Bob Atchison provides a virtual tour of the Alexander Palace, Pavlovsk, Yelagin, Gatchina, Catherine Palace, Winter Palace and Peterhof. Part of Russian History Websites.
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- Iolani Palace
- The residence of King Kalakaua and Queen Lili`uokalani, the last monarchs of Hawai`i, built 1879-82 in an "American Florentine" style. Includes history, photographs and visitor information.
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- Neuschwanstein Castle
- The official site of this 19th-century fantasy castle built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria includes an illustrated building history, tour and biography of Ludwig.
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- Northwest Palace of Ashur-nasir-pal II at Nimrud
- History of this Assyrian palace from Learning Sites, with a VRML model and bibliography.
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- Schönbrunn Palace, Austria
- The official site provides photographs and brief history of the magnificent Baroque imperial palace, with visitor information. The archive of plans, images and papers will be open to the public in future.
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- The Royal Palace of Norway
- The official site for the Norwegian monarchy provides an illustrated history and virtual guided tour of the palace in Oslo designed by Danish-born Hans Linstow (1787-1851).
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- The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
- The official site provides a virtual tour and history of the museum buildings: the Baroque Winter Palace (1754-1762) designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli and the Neo-Classical Small Hermitage and Large Hermitage.
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- The Topkapi Palace Museum
- Bilkent University Department of History provides a history of this grandiose Ottoman palace and guide to its architectural development. Includes a bibliography.
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- Wikipedia: Potala Palace
- An illustrated history and description of this impressive structure in Lhasa, Tibet, formerly the chief residence of the Dalai Lama.
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- Wikipedia: Umaid Bhawan Palace
- An illustrated description and history from the collaborative encyclopedia of India's last palace. Begun in 1929, it was designed by H. V. Lanchester in an Indo-Art-Deco style.
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- Wikipedia: Pier
- An illustration description of piers of all types from the collaborative encyclopedia.