They are fine places to contemplate the splendour of the palace and the lives of its inhabitants.
The president had earlier been treated to a welcome of pomp and military splendour.
Filing into the turquoise splendour of the Mariinsky Theatre they were braced for the worst.
Named for the cloud-like splendour of the fabrics, yunjin remains popular throughout the country.
He lives in a bungalow, the splendour of which is a symbol of his authority.
The neo- Gothic splendour of the Antwerpen-Centraal railway station is merely the welcome mat.
Much of its neo-classical splendour survives, but it is dazzlingly bright, with some striking modernist touches.
The organisers of Nottingham's Splendour Festival have announced local musician Jake Bugg is to headline this year's event.
The Shirleys' sales efforts were helped by the splendour of their dress, advertising the most opulent Iranian fabrics.
And that, in its way, the ratchet is part of the American idea, whose splendour easily overwhelms its weaknesses.
And for all its splendour, the cathedral is a newish building for a newly revived institution, one that remembers being weak.
Then discover the true Canadian treasure its unsurpassed natural splendour in one of the most active and exciting destinations in the world.
While the regal splendour of the pavilion (a classic of Victorian architecture) still dominates one end, the space-aged media centre hovers above the other.
So as a consequence you only have to drive a little way to find a dark sky site and enjoy the splendour of the night sky.
Since October of 1978, you have shown the world, not only "the splendour of truth, " but the power of truth to overcome evil and redirect the course of history.
Part of me was transported back to this same stony spot eight centuries before, gazing in wonder at that tower face in pristine splendour, wrapped in the awe this kingly complex compelled.
Davern, the former captain of the yacht Splendour, broke his silence with an account of that day in "Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour, " a book he co-wrote that was published in 2009.
If you are lured by the idea of horse riding in the surrounding splendour, a handful of farms can get you in the saddle for anything from an hour-long trot to a week-long wilderness adventure.
Most strikingly, he has masterminded a series of grand projects, especially the vast Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, a monument to tsarist splendour whose predecessor was blown up by Stalin in 1931.
Rather as today's organisers are fending off references to the splendour of Beijing, their predecessors faced comparisons with the ugly ostentation of Berlin in 1936 and the glamour of Los Angeles in 1932.
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Retreats like The Island Experience allow visitors to experience Ilha Grande's splendour through a program of sea-kayaking and hiking, along with yoga and capoeira (Brazilian martial art) workshops from its ocean-front perch.
In this book Mrs Tuttle and Marcus Binney, an architectural historian, focus on the splendour of the rooms including the Art Deco marble master-bathroom and the sweep of the surrounding gardens, supported by four greenhouses.
The director lived in some splendour in a 48-room house in London, with five servants and a vast collection of art and books, which he once said he planned to leave to the nation.
The day kicks off with the splendour of the sovereign's procession from Buckingham Palace to the Lords which delights tourists, but which pitches the capital's traffic system into chaos for the rest of the day.
Grandiose ideas, perhaps too easily uttered amid the imperial splendour of Vienna: the Hofburg Palace, Heldenplatz (Heroes' Square) and a parliament building seemingly vast enough to embrace all 8m Austrians, not just their elected representatives.
In central Goa and the lazy riverside state capital of Panaji (most commonly known as Panjim) stay in secluded nearby splendour at Casa Britona, once a customs warehouse and nowadays a seven-room boutique property set on the banks of the Mandovi River.
Earlier this year, the Victoria and Albert Museum staged an exhibition entitled Maharajah: the Splendour of India's Royal Courts, and the opening tableau featured a full-sized model of an Asian elephant, magnificently bejewelled, ornamented and caparisoned, and surmounted by a gorgeous, glittering, golden howdah.
Serving as your personal port in the storm, this hotel and spa is modelled after an Italian villa with its courtyard lounge and fire pit, sculpture garden, outdoor pool and extensive grounds that have been cultivated with the scent and splendour of everything from roses to wisteria.
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