This week, the first structure is taking shape: a circular, 12 foot construction that will soon rise into a dome-shaped palace of earth.

本星期的第一个建筑结构正在成形，一个12英尺的圆形建筑会很快就会建起，成为一所用泥土建成的圆顶殿堂。

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It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace.

所罗门为自己建造宫室，十三年方才造成。

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In the gardens northwest of the Forbidden City that are known to Westerners as the Old Summer Palace, he ordered the construction of a number of European-style stone buildings with Baroque touches.

在紫禁城西北部的花园里，即西方人熟知的圆明园，他下令建造了一大批带有巴洛克风格的欧式石头建筑。

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Warm weather and rain complicated palace construction this week, and work was suspended for a couple of days.

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Henri Christophe embarked on construction of his palace in 1810 and a year later declared himself king in northern Haiti.

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" New plans were drawn up in the fall of 1669, and by 1671 construction was complete, resulting in the palace that Colbert declared "monstrous, but a well-arranged monster, " and which was destined to become, in Zega's words, "a pillar of French civilization.

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