Another classic sight that gave us considerable pleasure was the Evzone sentry, in his ballet skirt with great pompons on his shoes, who was patrolling up and down in front of the palace.

great ) was subordinate to the priestly ensi, and was appointed at times of troubles, but by later dynastic times, it was the lugal who had emerged as the preeminent role, having his own " é " (= house ) or " palace ", independent from the temple establishment.

This was the great cathedral of the Orthodox Church, whose dome was said to be held aloft by God alone, and which was directly connected to the palace so that the imperial family could attend services without passing through the streets.

The palace is preserved in great part to this day and forms the historic core of the largest city of modern Split, Croatia.

This is why he journeys to Asgard, but on the way he is tricked by the gods and arrives in some other place, where he finds a great palace.

Although now extensively damaged, these share the same style as the great hall ; this would have unified the appearance of Gaunt's palace in a distinct break from the more eclectic medieval tradition of design.

King Henry the Fowler built a royal palace at Merseburg ; in the 933 Battle of Riade, he gained his great victory over the Hungarians in the vicinity.

The Arabs whom he employed in these excavations, to their great surprise, came upon the ruins of a building at the mound of Khorsabad, which, on further exploration, turned out to be the royal palace of Sargon II, which was largely explored for sculptures and other precious relics.

The title originates in the term " pr-aa " which means " great house " and it describes the royal palace.

Not a great lover of Berlin, he later built a new palace, the Sanssouci, at Potsdam in 1744-7, followed by the New Palace in 1763-9, so the road now had to be made fit for a King, plus all his courtiers and staff.

After the completion of the temple, Solomon is described as erecting many other buildings of importance in Jerusalem ; for the long period of 13 years he was engaged in the building of a royal palace on Ophel ( a hilly promontory in central Jerusalem ); Solomon also constructed great works for the purpose of securing a plentiful supply of water for the city, and the Millo ( Septuagint, Acra ) for the defense of the city.

Statues of King David and Solomon stand on either side of the entrance to the basilica of El Escorial, Philip's palace, and Solomon is also depicted in a great fresco at the center of El Escorial's library.

At dusk on November 8, Danish soldiers, with lanterns and torches, entered a great hall of the royal palace and took away several noble guests.

Evans dubbed the civilization once inhabiting this great palace the Minoan civilization.

The splendor of the imperial palace complex at Ctesiphon, to include Khosrau II's palace ( Shâhigân-ǐ Spêd = the white palace, now almost totally ruined ) and the great arch Taq-i Kisra, remain legendary.

The damage was too great to repair, and the palace was abandoned and later dismantled.

The archiepiscopal palace and monastic buildings on the south side were of great size and magnificence, and were surrounded by a massive precinct wall, crowned at intervals by twelve towers.

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

During the First World War, Queen Mary instituted an austerity drive at the palace, where she rationed food, and visited wounded and dying servicemen in hospital, which she found a great emotional strain.

Then on 20th and 21st Boedromion, the initiates entered a great hall called Telesterion ; in the center stood the Anaktoron (" palace "), which only the hierophants could enter, where sacred objects were stored.

The latter information was of great importance to those visiting this Thames-side palace from London, as the preferred method of transport at the time was by barge, and at low water London Bridge created dangerous rapids.

Today, the dominating feature of the grounds is the great landscaping scheme constructed for Sir Christopher Wren's intended new palace.

The values and talents which made the tile and the dome, the rug, the poem and the miniature, continue in certain social institutions which rise above the ordinary life of this city, as the great buildings rise above blank walls and dirty lanes.

The city was a center of manufacture, especially in textiles, and also because of the beauty of some of its surroundings, a residence for many owners of the great industries in north Alabama.

In the midst of a great busy city, people take time to enjoy the beauty of natural reflection of artificial light.

In her mind's eye -- her imagination responding fully, almost exhaustingly, to these shores' peculiar powers of stimulation -- she saw the city as from above, telescoped on its great bare plains that the ruins marked, aqueducts and tombs, here a cypress, there a pine, and all around the low blue hills.

The great number of these indicates the former importance of the city.

The city had vanished, except fragments of wall and of a great stone cistern on the acropolis.

The Acropolis of Athens ( Greek: Ακρόπολη Αθηνών ) is an ancient citadel located on a high rocky outcrop above the city of Athens and containing the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historic significance, the most famous being the Parthenon.

The city of Ashur again flourished, and appears to have gained a great deal of autonomy during this period.

On the seventh day, the seven priests sounding the seven trumpets of rams ' horns before the Ark compassed the city seven times and, with a great shout, Jericho's wall fell down flat and the people took the city ( Josh.

They dug a great canal to the sea, and alongside the bridges carved tunnels into the rings of rock so that ships could pass into the city around the mountain ; they carved docks from the rock walls of the moats.

The moves to develop the port for more tourism have been welcomed by the city and its residents, but the latest plans to develop an industrial estate in the port have caused great controversy.

The contrast between a high level of education and a low level of political rights was particularly great in Aarau, and the city refused to send troops to defend the Bernese border.

The A. D. Police are offered a great deal of leeway in their activities, often blockading large sections of the city and causing great amounts of property damage in the course of fulfilling their duty.

Benedict does not seem to have left Rome for the purpose of becoming a hermit, but only to find some place away from the life of the great city.

The book itself calls Nineveh a “ great city ,” referring to its size 3: 3 + 4: 11 ( NIV ) and perhaps to its affluence as well.

And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand ; and also much cattle?

Ironically, the great anti-imperialist rebel was now identified with the head of the British Empire, and her statue stood guard over the city she razed to the ground.

:" Being in great difficulty they fled to a neighbouring city ( ad civitatem, quæ iuxta erat, confugerunt ) and began to promise and offer to their gods -- But inasmuch as the city was not strong and there were few to offer resistance, they sent messengers to the Danes and asked for friendship and alliance.

Gone are the days when the Hoffman House flourished on Madison Square, with its famous nudes by Bouguereau ; when barrooms were palaces, on nearly every corner throughout the city ; when Steve Brodie, jumping from Brooklyn Bridge, splashed the entire country with publicity ; when Bowery concert halls dispensed schooners of beer for a nickel, with a stage show thrown in ; when Theis's Music Hall still resounded on 14th Street with its great mechanical organ, the wonder of its day, a place of beauty, with fine paintings and free company and the frankest of female life.

The new programme of building was carried out in great haste: Columns, marbles, doors, and tiles were taken wholesale from the temples of the Empire and moved to the new city.

The city will be taken, the houses looted, and the women raped … Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations … Thus the Lord my God will come, and all the saints with you .” 14: 2-5 In Matthew, Jesus says, " The sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.