Palaces

NOTES: The eastern wing of the Palais du Louvre, commissioned by Louis XIV, was designed by Claude Perrault and executed in 1665-1680. The royal residence moved to Verasilles in 1678 and the Louvre became an art gallery.

SOURCE: William Henry Pyne. The History of the royal residences (London, 1819), vol. 1, Windsor, facing p. 14

SOURCE: Joseph Nash. Views of the interior and exterior of Windsor Castle (London, 1848), unnumbered plate

SOURCE: Joseph Nash. Views of the interior and exterior of Windsor Castle (London, 1848), pl. II

SOURCE: John Nash. The Royal Pavilion at Brighton (London, 1826), pl. 24 NOTES: The Royal Pavilion was built as a seaside retreat for the then Prince Regent (later King George IV). Originally the 'Marine Pavilion', a Neo-Classical building designed by Henry Holland and completed in 1787, it was transformed into this Indian style building by John Nash in 1815-1822. Using new technology, Nash enlarged the building and added the domes and minarets by superimposing a cast iron framework over Holland's pavilion. The Great kitchen was one of first areas to be completed in Nash's reconstruction. Erected in 1816, it was supplied with the cooking equipment by William Stark.

SOURCE: John Nash. The Royal Pavilion at Brighton (London, 1826), pl. 26 NOTES: The Royal Pavilion was built as a seaside retreat for the then Prince Regent (later King George IV). Originally the 'Marine Pavilion', a Neo-Classical building designed by Henry Holland and completed in 1787, it was transformed into this Indian style building by John Nash in 1815-1822. Using new technology, Nash enlarged the building and added the domes and minarets by superimposing a cast iron framework over Holland's pavilion.

SOURCE: John Nash. The Royal Pavilion at Brighton (London, 1826), pl. 20 NOTES: The Royal Pavilion was built as a seaside retreat for the then Prince Regent (later King George IV). Originally the 'Marine Pavilion', a Neo-Classical building designed by Henry Holland and completed in 1787, it was transformed into this Indian style building by John Nash in 1815-1822. Using new technology, Nash enlarged the building and added the domes and minarets by superimposing a cast iron framework over Holland's pavilion.

SOURCE: John Nash. The Royal Pavilion at Brighton (London, 1826), upper view on pl. 9 NOTES: The Royal Pavilion was built as a seaside retreat for the then Prince Regent (later King George IV). Originally the 'Marine Pavilion', a Neo-Classical building designed by Henry Holland and completed in 1787, it was transformed into this Indian style building by John Nash in 1815-1822. Using new technology, Nash enlarged the building and added the domes and minarets by superimposing a cast iron framework over Holland's pavilion.

SOURCE: Joseph Nash. Views of the interior and exterior of Windsor Castle (London, 1848), unnumbered plate

SOURCE: Philibert Joseph Girault de Prangey. Monuments arabes et moresques de Cordoue, Seville et Grenade (Paris [1836-1839]), pl. 15

NOTES: This palace was built by Pope Gregory XIII in 1574 as a summer residence. It served as a papal residence and housed the central offices responsible for the civil government of the Papal States until 1870. It has been the official residence and workplace of the Presidents of the Italian Republic since 1946.

NOTES: The ceiling frescoes are the work of Aureliano Milani executed in 1731-1734.