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unusual facts about New Palace


New Palace

The former name of Topkapı Palace in Istanbul after its completion (in Turkish: Yeni Sarayı)


Omurtag of Bulgaria

Many sources (Chatalar and Tarnovo inscriptions) and memorial inscription are preserved, which testify for the reconstruction of Pliska, the building of a new palace with a large throne room and a temple of Tangra.


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Edward Armitage

T. S. R. Boase, The Decorations of the New Palace of Westminster 1841-1863, in: Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 17:1954, pp.

Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans

Despite the mourning, the Duchess of Berry allowed gambling in her new palace, in particular the Lansquenet game.

Merdeka Square, Jakarta

In 1818, during British rule in the East Indies under Stamford Raffles, the square's name was changed into Koningsplein (King's square) at the time the Governor-General's residence moved to a new palace, now known as Merdeka Palace.

Moritz von Schwind

In 1834 he was commissioned to decorate King Ludwig's new palace with wall paintings illustrating the works of the poet Tieck.

Princess Augusta of Great Britain

A new palace was built for her in Zuckerberg south of Brunswick to answer more to her taste, constructed by Carl Christoph Wilhelm Fleischer, and called Schloss Richmond, to remind her of England.

Santi Gucci

For the Piotr Myszkowski family he erected a new palace in Książ Wielki (1585–1595), which however has not survived to our times.

Sir James Gray, 2nd Baronet

He also offered advice on the king's new palace at Caserta.

Swords, Dublin

The Archbishop abandoned Swords once a new palace was built at Tallaght in 1324 - a move no doubt encouraged by damage sustained during Bruce's campaign of 1317.

Tiškevičiai Palace, Palanga

Tyszkiewicz family member, Feliks Tyszkiewicz, contacted famous German architect Franz Heinrich Schwechten to construct a new palace; their old estate was a wooden manor on the banks of Rąžė River.