Under the Latin Duchy of Athens, the Acropolis functioned as the city's administrative center, with the Parthenon as its cathedral, and the Propylaia as part of the Ducal Palace.

He could not buy expensive jewels, own property outside Venice or the Veneto, display his insignia outside the Ducal Palace, decorate his apartment as he wanted, receive people in his ducal dress, send official letters, or have close ties with guilds, amongst a great many other restrictions.

Guard in front of Grand Ducal Palace, Luxembourg in 2009

* The Ducal Palace, built from 1561 for Duke Ottavio Farnese on a design by Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola.

* The Ducal Palace, built on the location of Castruccio Castracani's fortress.

Italian officers are trained at the Italian Military Academy, located in Modena, and partly housed in the Baroque Ducal Palace.

Modena is well known in culinary circles for its production of balsamic vinegar and also for its Military Academy, Italy's " Westpoint ", which is housed in the Ducal Palace.

The Baroque Ducal Palace of Modena ( now a military academy )

The Ducal Palace, begun by Francesco I d ' Este in 1634 and finished by Francis V, was the seat of the Este court from the 17-19th century.

Located along the east wall of the Ducal Palace.

** Temple of Oghma: Located next to the main gates of the Ducal Palace.

Dijon is home to many museums, including the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon in part of the Ducal Palace ( see below ).

Among the more popular sights is the Ducal Palace, the Palais des Ducs et des États de Bourgogne or " Palace of the Dukes and the States of Burgundy " (), which includes one of only a few remaining examples of the Capetian period in the region.

The Ducal Palace ( now occupied by the courts of justice and an important ceramic museum ) was built in the 15th and 16th centuries and is one of the principal feudal edifices in central France.

Campanile of Santa Barbara, at the Palazzo Ducale di Mantova | Ducal Palace in Mantua: Wert was choir director here from 1565 until 1592.

A painted sketch ( 143 x 362 cm ), held in the Louvre Museum ( Paris ), was submitted as a proposal by Tintoretto for a picture in the Ducal Palace in Venice.

* February 24-Première of Claudio Monteverdi's opera L ' Orfeo, with libretto by Alessandro Striggio the Younger, at the Ducal Palace of Mantua.

After his appearance at the Genoa Poetry Festival at the Ducal Palace in June 2010, he has turned his creative energies more towards poetry.

In 1851, and again in 1853, Roberts visited Italy, painting the Ducal Palace, Venice, bought by Lord Londesborough, the Interior of the Basilica of St Peters, Rome, Christmas Day, 1853, and Rome from the Convent of St Onofrio, presented to the Royal Scottish Academy.

The Proserpina fountain was brought to the manor at the end of the 19th Century from the Palace of the Dukes of Parma in northern Italy: the Ducal Palace of Colorno.

Palazzo Ducale, Urbino | The Ducal Palace.

The 12th century plan was turned 90 degrees from the current one, which is a new construction also started by Federico II and commissioned to Francesco di Giorgio Martini, author of the Ducal Palace.

The region was included within Lithuania in the Treaty of Melno in 1422, and the current site of Jurbarkas began to develop as a border town and customs point, growing through the exporting of lumber on the Neman to Ducal Prussia.

* His Highness Prince Andreas of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the current Head of the Ducal Family of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

* His Highness Duke Christoph of Schleswig-Holstein, the current Head of the Ducal Family of Schleswig-Holstein.

* His Highness Duke Georg Borwin of Mecklenburg, the current Head of the Grand Ducal Family of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Wakefield Lodge, near Potterspury, was rebuilt by the 2nd Duke as his residence in Northamptonshire but the main Ducal seat is Euston Hall in Suffolk.

The main building of the Bauhaus-University Weimar ( built 1904 – 1911, designed by Henry van de Velde to house the sculptors ’ studio at the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School.

* December 23 – Luxembourg's national holiday, the Grand Duke's Official Birthday, is set on June 23 by Grand Ducal decree.

The exact circumstances of Bolesław I's ascension to the Ducal throne are unknown, but it is known that by June, he was the unquestioned ruler of Poland – as Otto III asked for his military aid in the summer of 992.

Following the death of Hohenzollern Albert of Brandenburg Prussia, Duke of Prussia ( 1525 – 1568 ), Joachim II, the prince-elector Kurfürst of Brandenburg, became co-inheritor of Ducal Prussia.

* 9 July 1836 – 26 September 1853: Her Ducal Serene Highness Princess Sophia of Nassau

The Duchy of Prussia or Ducal Prussia (; ; ; ; Old Prussian: Ercōgista Prūsija ) was a duchy in the eastern part of Prussia from 1525 – 1701.

* The Personnel of the Norman Cathedrals during the Ducal Period, 911 – 1204, ed.

* 30 November 1719 – 17 April 1736: Her Ducal Serene Highness Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Duchess in Saxony

Colonel Prince Henry of Battenberg ( Henry Maurice ; ; 5 October 1858 – 20 January 1896 ) was a morganatic descendant of the Grand Ducal House of Hesse, later becoming a member of the British Royal Family, through his marriage to Princess Beatrice.

In 1813 the Duchy was restored to the Electorate of Hanover, which – after its upgrade to the Kingdom of Hanover in 1814 – incorporated the Duchy in a real union and the Ducal territory, including Kranenburg, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.

He married Louise von Plessen ( 1827 – 1875 ), daughter of the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Governor ( Großherzoglich Mecklenburgischen Oberlanddrost ) Ulrich von Plessen und great-granddaughter of Baron ( Reichsfreiherr ) Seneca von Gelting ( 1715 – 1786 ), who was married to a nice of Johannes Thedens and had become highly wealthy as chargé d ' affaires of the Dutch East India Company in Cirebon.

In 1813 the Duchy was restored to the Electorate of Hanover, which – after its upgrade to the Kingdom of Hanover in 1814 – incorporated the Duchy in a real union and the Ducal territory, including Harsefeld, became part of the Stade Region, established in 1823.

In 1840 he married the actress Adele Peroni ( 1813 – 1895 ), and removed in the following year to Neustrelitz, where his wife had obtained an engagement at the Grand Ducal theatre.

The main building of the Bauhaus University ( built 1904 – 1911, designed by Henry van de Velde to house the sculptors ’ studio at the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School.

In 1813 the Duchy was restored to the Electorate of Hanover, which – after its upgrade to the Kingdom of Hanover in 1814 – incorporated the Duchy in a real union and the Ducal territory, including Elmlohe, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.

The fountain figure was sculpted and cast by Baroque master Pietro Tacca ( 1577 – 1640 ) shortly before 1634, following a marble Italian copy of a Hellenistic marble original, at the time in the Grand Ducal collections and today in display in the classical section of the Uffizi Museum.