On the great central square of Amsterdam, facing the bustle of the city it was built to serve, stands one of the noblest buildings of the Dutch Golden Age. The

An hour or so south of Madrid, where the waters of the Tagus spread out to nourish a green and fertile plain, stands one of the most enchanting of all

Facing a great park in the heart of Brussels, its long neoclassical facade stretching in dignified symmetry above the city, stands the official palace of the King of the Belgians.

On the plain north of Naples, at the end of an avenue that runs dead straight for miles, rises a palace so vast that it is difficult to take in.

Discover the Royal Palace of Godollo near Budapest, one of Hungary’s grandest baroque palaces and the cherished Hungarian retreat of the beloved Empress Elisabeth, known as Sisi.

In a green bowl of hills at the heart of Sri Lanka, beside a tranquil artificial lake, stands the last royal capital of the ancient kingdom of the Sinhalese. Here,

Where the Mekong meets the Nam Khan River, on a narrow tongue of land beneath a sacred hill, lies Luang Prabang, one of the most beautiful and best-preserved old towns

Rising above the western edge of old Madrid, its long pale facade looking out across a great paved square, stands the largest royal palace in Western Europe. The Royal Palace

Founded by a French marshal turned northern king, Oslo’s neoclassical Royal Palace stands at the head of the city’s grand avenue as the heart of Norway’s monarchy.

At the top of Oslo’s grandest avenue, raised on a gentle hill above the heart of the Norwegian capital, stands a long, dignified building of pale yellow that closes the