A magnificent palace, pagan temples, ruler's residence, fortress, citadel, water mains and baths were built in the Bulgarian capital Pliska, mainly of stone and brick.

It was he who transformed the palace built by his father into a magnificent residence of a great noble.

In the 15th century the Nevilles constructed an impressive range of halls and outbuildings against these walls, turning the castle into a truly magnificent residence, fit for nobles of their stature.

After purchasing Lismore he made it his principal seat and transformed it into a magnificent residence with impressive gabled ranges each side of the courtyard.

During the period from 1576 to 1579, Nobunaga constructed on the shore of Lake Biwa at Azuchi ( in present-day Shiga Prefecture ) Azuchi Castle, a magnificent seven-story castle that was intended to serve not simply as an impregnable military fortification but also as a sumptuous residence that would stand as a symbol of unification.

Built in the colonial era as a residence of José del Campo Soberón and Larrea, a lieutenant governor of Nueva Vizcaya in the late 18th century, it was built between 1763 and 1764 by a master mason named Pedro Huertas, who gave the house an excellent facade and magnificent baroque interior punctuated by Rococo-style detailing.

Simeon turned the new Bulgarian capital Preslav into a magnificent religious and cultural centre, intended more as a display of his realm's heyday and as a royal residence than as a military fortress.

Once completed, Gibbes ' L-shaped residence featured a plain, yet stylish, double façade to maximise the building's magnificent, sweeping views across Sydney Harbour.

The principal are Maryborough, the residence of W. H. Worth Newenham, Esq., situated in a beautiful demesne of, with a lofty square tower a little to the east of the house, which commands a magnificent prospect of the town and harbour of Cove, and the rich scenery of the river ; Mount-Rivers, of M. Roberts, Esq.

When this magnificent building was completed in 1744, the Prince of Nassau-Usingen relocated his residence from the far side of the Taunus to Biebrich.

Eden reported that Mussolini's headquarters, the magnificent Palazzo Venezia in central Rome and his private residence, Villa Torlonia, were both " unmistakeable " and could easily be identified by British bombers.

A magnificent residence arose.

The Palace was built for Count Jan Klemens Branicki, Great Crown Hetman and patron of art and science, raised in the French milieu of the Polish aristocracy, who transformed a previous house into the suitably magnificent residence of a great Polish noble, a rival to Wilanów Palace, making a start in 1726.

( the caliph ) had me invested with a robe of honour in his presence, bestowed on me a full wardrobe together with one hundred dinars, authorized me to use his baths and assigned for my residence one of the mansions of al-Afdal, son of the Amir-al-Juyush, which was extremely magnificent, fully equipped with carpets, furniture and a complete outfit of brass utensils.

He became Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire and was called the " king of the Cotswolds ", owing to his generosity and his magnificent style of living at his residence, Sudeley Castle.

Alfred Józef Potocki is known for building the magnificent Potocki Palace, a grand residence in Lviv.

Another magnificent building within the park is Newsham House, which is the residence for judges attending Liverpool Crown court and has in the past been visited by Queen Victoria.

In 1865 Robert Alexander Shafto Adair ( late Baron Waveney ) started building Ballymena Castle, a magnificent family residence, in the Demesne.

The earliest record dates to 1184, in the Annals of Loch Cé, where a lighting strike is reported to have started a fire in " The Rock of Loch-Cé ," a " very magnificent, kingly residence.

Until the completion of the Royal Palace, Norwegian royalty resided in Paleet, the magnificent town house in Christiania that the wealthy merchant Bernt Anker bequeathed to the State in 1805 to be used as a royal residence.

The castle of Ehreshoven is supposed to be " the most magnificent aristocratic residence " of the " Bergisches Land " which is the mountainous area around here.

On the same triangular site with the church are the Kirk Hall, first erected in 1829 as a Protestant School which continued as a flourishing scholastic institution for many years ; and the magnificent Manse erected in 1837, which has been the residence of the ministers to the present time.

He was a wealthy settler who owned vast tracts of land in Wooloowin and surrounding areas ; the Kedron Lodge, his magnificent residence, still stands to this day in the affluent district of Kalinga.

The Emirs of Lebanon used to have their residence in Chouf, most notably Bachir Chehab II, who built the magnificent palace of Beiteddine during the first half of the 19th century.

He founded the Academy of Naples under Giovanni Pontano and, for his entrance in the city in 1443, had a magnificent triumphal arch added to the main gate of Castel Nuovo.

Claudius was the first to hold magnificent celebrations in honour of the city's anniversary, in 48 AD, 800 years after the founding of the city.

The building was again remodeled by British architect Norman Foster in the 1990s and features a glass dome over the session area, which allows free public access to the parliamentary proceedings and magnificent views of the city.

The city was built on seven hills as well as on the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara, and thus presented an impregnable fortress enclosing magnificent palaces, domes and towers.

In 1876, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, was born in the city, which by now had become a bustling city with mosques, temples, courthouses, paved streets and a magnificent harbour.

It was Sennacherib who made Nineveh a truly magnificent city ( c. 700 BC ).

Other sages like Kamban and Tulsidas also wrote versions of the Ramayana praising of Rama and the magnificent city of Ayodhya.

Building activity started in order to give the city a magnificent appearance.

* The Great Synagogue of Florence, Tempio Maggiore, Florence, 1874 – 82, is an example of the magnificent, cathedral-like synagogues built in almost every major European city in the 19th century and early 20th century.

The fortifications of the port, built by the Knights as a magnificent series of bastions, demi-bastions, ravelins and curtains, approximately high, all contribute to the unique architectural quality of the city.

Mausolus decided to build a new capital ; a city as safe from capture as it was magnificent to be seen.

Plinius called the city Urbs magnifica (" magnificent city ").

Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent was so taken with Jerusalem and its plight that he ordered a magnificent fortress-wall built around the entire city, today's Old City wall.

At about 350 BCE the Persian-empire satrap, Mausolus ( a Carian ) planned a magnificent new city on the steep slopes of Mycale, where it would be, it was hoped, a permanent deep-water port ( similar to the many Greek island cities, which seem to delight in being located on and up seaside escarpments ).

The previous courthouse, a magnificent structure incapable of meeting the growing office space needs of the city, was leveled in favor of a modern structure that serves as Allegan County's courthouse today.

This includes two magnificent 15th century churches, the largely intact 17th century city walls, gates and tower ( the Drommedaris, see picture ) and the 17th century city hall.

In the grassy fields around the city of Schoonhoven you can see a magnificent bird life such as storks ( external link 6 ).

: mid-19th century inland commercial city significant for its magnificent group of surviving unaltered commercial and residential buildings.

Housed in a magnificent 3-story building that was the former Main Hall of Clifton College, the organization offers a local outlet for visual and performing arts unparalleled in a city of Clifton's size.

The city centre, remarkably beautiful, is presided over by a magnificent Gothic cathedral.

According to contemporary accounts, the festivities were magnificent and included spectacular games, ludi saeculares, and theatrical presentations throughout the city.