block (corps de logis), sometimes with a fourth side, consisting of a low wing or a railing. The Palace of Versailles (illustration) and Blenheim Palace (plan)...

years in the Palais Barckhaus in Frankfurt. Most of Bohemia was lost in December 1742, when the Austrians allowed the French under the Duc de Belle-Isle...

lake and gardens at Blenheim Palace. In 1650, Vauban joined the household of his local magnate, the Prince de Condé, where he met de Montal; a close neighbour...

young children, particularly François de Villeroy, and divided his time between the Palais-Royal and the nearby Hotel de Villeroy. Sensing imminent death in...

Duke of Marlborough secured victories against the French on the fields of Blenheim (1704), Oudenarde (1708), and Malplaquet (1709); he gained further success...

residences. Most European languages have a version of the term (palats, palais, palazzo, palacio, etc.), and many use it for a wider range of buildings...

then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of the Second World War, when he again went on tour. On 7 July 1939 at Blenheim Palace, less than two...

John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor, for Castle Howard (1699–1712) and Blenheim Palace (1705–1724). West façade of Saint Paul's Cathedral by Christopher...

father's death, her mother sought to raise her spirits by taking her to the Palais de Luxembourg's art gallery; seeing the works of Peter Paul Rubens and other...

Other locations included Kells Priory (the English Redcoat encampment) Blenheim Palace, Castle Howard (exteriors of the Lyndon estate), Huntington Castle...