20 November 2025 | Author/Destination: South America / Südamerika | Category: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Kirstenbosch is a
botanical garden nestled at the eastern foot of
Table Mountain in
Cape Town . The garden is one of 10
National Botanical Gardens covering five of
South Africa ‘s six different
biomes and administered by the
South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). Prior to 1 September 2004, the institute was known as the National Botanical Institute.
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23 October 2025 | Author/Destination: Gulf States / Golfstaaten | Category: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Al Masmak Palace (
Arabic : Qaṣr al-Maṣmak), also called the Masmak Fortress or Masmak Fort, is a historic
clay and
mudbrick fort in the
ad-Dirah neighborhood of
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia , located in close proximity to the
al-Hukm Palace in the
Qasr al-Hukm District . Commissioned in 1865 by
Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud , it was completed in 1895 following the takeover of the
town by the
Rashidi dynasty . The fortress was the main theatre for the
Battle of Riyadh in 1902, which marked the prelude to the
unification of Saudi Arabia . It was opened to the general public in 1995 after its conversion into a museum. The Masmak can be divided into six distinct parts: the gate, the mosque, the
majlis , the well, the towers and the courtyard.
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22 September 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Berg Palace (
German : Schloss Berg) is a manor house situated on the east bank of
Lake Starnberg in the village of
Berg in
Upper Bavaria ,
Germany . The site became widely known as the last residence of King
Ludwig II of Bavaria and location of his disputed death. Today, it serves as residence of
Franz, Duke of Bavaria , head of the house of
Wittelsbach .
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16 August 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks , Paris / Île-de-France
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The Palais-Royal is a former French royal palace located on
Rue Saint-Honoré in the
1st arrondissement of Paris . The screened entrance court faces the Place du Palais-Royal, opposite the
Louvre . Originally called the Palais-Cardinal, it was built for
Cardinal Richelieu from about 1633 to 1639 by architect
Jacques Lemercier . Richelieu bequeathed it to
Louis XIII , before
Louis XIV gave it to his younger brother,
Philippe I, Duke of Orléans . As the succeeding
Dukes of Orléans made such extensive alterations over the years, almost nothing remains of Lemercier’s original design.
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8 August 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks , Paris / Île-de-France
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The Bois de Boulogne (“Boulogne woodland”) is a large public park that is the western half of the
16th arrondissement of Paris , near the suburb of
Boulogne-Billancourt and
Neuilly-sur-Seine . The land was ceded to the city of Paris by the Emperor
Napoleon III to be turned into a public park in 1852.
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9 July 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Huis ten Bosch (
Dutch : Paleis Huis ten Bosch; English: House in the Woods) is a
royal palace in
The Hague ,
Netherlands . It is one of three official residences of the
Dutch monarch ; the two others being the
Noordeinde Palace in The Hague and the
Royal Palace of Amsterdam .
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14 June 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks , Paris / Île-de-France
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The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte or simply Vaux-le-Vicomte is a
Baroque French
château located in
Maincy , near
Melun , 55 km (34 mi) southeast of Paris in the
Seine-et-Marne department of
Île-de-France .
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31 May 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks , UNESCO World Heritage
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Ehrenbreitstein Fortress (
German : Festung Ehrenbreitstein) is a
fortress in the
German state of
Rhineland-Palatinate , on the east bank of the
Rhine where it is joined by the
Moselle , overlooking the town of
Koblenz .
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29 May 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , Hotels , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks , UNESCO World Heritage
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Stahleck Castle (
German : Burg Stahleck) is a 12th-century fortified castle in the
Upper Middle Rhine Valley at
Bacharach in
Rhineland-Palatinate ,
Germany . It stands on a crag approximately 160 metres (520 ft) above
sea level on the left bank of the river at the mouth of the Steeg valley, approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of
Koblenz , and offers a commanding view of the
Lorelei valley. Its name means “impregnable castle on a crag”, from the
Middle High German words
stahel (steel) and
ecke (here: crag). It has a water-filled partial
moat , a rarity in Germany. Built on the orders of the
Archbishop of Cologne , it was destroyed in the late 17th century but rebuilt in the 20th and is now a
hostel .
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