Hampton Court Palace , today the oldest remaining Tudor palace in England, boasts of its internationally-renowned gardens that span 60 acres of formal garde…

Kensington Palace. Image from Wikimedia Commons Kensington Palace is one of the top tourist attractions of London. Kings and queens lived here since th…

Until 1740, the mineral-rich province of Silesia was part of the Habsburg dominions. For centuries, this dynasty had provided rulers to Spain, Austria, …

King Ludwig II of Bavaria was a fervent follower of King Louis XIV. In his honor he built the Palace of Herrenchiemsee (New Palace) patterned from the Sun King…

Image: Wikimedia Commons 1. In 1717, Peter the Great commissioned German architect Johann-Friedrich Braunstein to build a summer residence for her wife, …