- St. James's Palace
[[Image:St_james_palace.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Main entrance of St. James's Palace on [[Pall Mall, London|Pall Mall]] survives from Henry VII ...
... tuated on [[Pall_Mall%2C_London|Pall Mall]] in [[London]], just north of [[St. James's Park]].
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- List of palaces
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''This is a '''list of palaces''' by country. For main article please see [[palace]]''
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- Holyrood Palace
... he Kings and Queens of [[Scotland]] since the [[15th century]]. The Palace stands in [[Edinburgh]] at the bottom of the [[Royal Mile]]. The Palace of Ho ...
... oof of the abbey collapsed in the 18th century, leaving it as it currently stands, a ruin.
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- Palace of Whitehall
... |The Palace of Whitehall by [[Hendrick Danckerts]]. The view is from the west. Despite appearances this painting shows a single palace complex. The [[Ba ...
... t palace in [[Europe]], with over 1,500 rooms (at one time it was the largest building in the world).
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- Venice
| img_coa = Venezia-Stemma.png
| frazioni = Chirignago, Favaro Veneto, [[Mestre]], [[Marghera]], [[Murano]], [[Burano]], [[Giudecca]], [[Lido]], Zelarin ...
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- Throne room
... a [[monarch]]) is set up with elaborate pomp— usually raised, often with steps, and under a [[baldachin|canopy]], both of which are part of the origin ...
... nd offices, and to perform other official functions. Any of these could just as well be transferred, even on a permanent basis, to one or more other ro ...
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- Basilica of St. John Lateran
... ge:Sgio1.JPG|thumb|right|300px|The late Baroque façade of the Basilica of St. John Lateran was completed by [[Alessandro Galilei]] in 1735 after winnin ...
... |Roman Catholics]]. The current [[archpriest]] of St. John Lateran is [[Agostino Vallini]], [[Cardinal Vicar|Cardinal Vicar General for the Diocese of R ...
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- England
|prime_minister = [[Gordon Brown]]
|patron_saint = [[Saint George|St. George]]
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- Mansfield
|shire_district= [[Mansfield (district)|Mansfield]]
|region= East Midlands
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- Edinburgh Castle
{{Infobox Historic building
|name = Edinburgh Castle
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- Buckingham Palace
... [Edward Blore]] and completed in 1850, it was redesigned in 1913 by Sir [[Aston Webb]].]]
... humb|right|150px|[[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]], the first monarch to reside at Buckingham Palace, moved into the newly completed pal ...
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- Udaipur, Rajasthan
state_name = Rajasthan |
district = [[Udaipur district|Udaipur]] |
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- John Vanbrugh
... ler]]'s [[Kit-Cat Club|Kit-cat portrait]], considered one of Kneller's finest portraits, held in the [[National Portrait Gallery (United Kingdom)]] ([ht ...
... '' (1696) and ''[[The Provoked Wife]]'' (1697), which have become enduring stage favourites but originally occasioned much controversy.
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- Hampton Court Palace
... mpton Court Palace, and it is reserved as a well known landmark of South-East England.{{fact|date=October 2008}}
==History==
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- Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
[[Image:Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin00.jpg|frameless|right]]
... now best remembered for his work on churches and on the [[Palace of Westminster|Houses of Parliament]].
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- Official residence
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An '''official residence''' is the [[House|residence]] at which [[heads of state]], [[heads of government]], gubernatorial or other senior figures offic ...
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- Andrew Johnson (English footballer)
| position = [[Striker]]
... ubs = [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]<br>[[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]<br>[[Everton F.C.|Everton]]<br>[[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]
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- St. Magnus Cathedral
[[Image:St. Magnus Cathedral 10.jpg|300px|thumb|St. Magnus Cathedral]]
... of King [[James III of Scotland]] following Orkney's annexation by the [[List of monarchs of Scotland|Scottish Crown]] in 1468. It has its own [[dungeon ...
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- Dean Castle
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- London Government Act 1899
... [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] on [[13 July]] [[1899]], with the first elections to the new boroughs occurring on [[1 November]] [[1900]].
... lower tier of local government still consisted of elective vestries and District boards of works created in [[1855]] by the [[Metropolis Management Act ...
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