This was reflected in Constantinople by the construction of the Blachernae palace, the creation of brilliant new works of art, and general prosperity at this time: an increase in trade, made possible by the growth of the Italian city-states, may have helped the growth of the economy.

This did not satisfy them, and they made their way inside the city where they pillaged the Blachernae palace, even killing Alexius ' pet lion.

Further down the coast was the gate known in Turkish as Balat Kapı (" Palace Gate "), preceded in close order by three large archways, which served either as gates to the shore or to a harbour that serviced the imperial palace of Blachernae.

The Church of St. Mary of Blachernae ( which hosted the icon ) was sited close to the Blachernae imperial palace.

Alexios moved the imperial palace to the Blachernae section of Constantinople.

After the recapture of the city by Michael VIII Palaiologos, however, the palace, along with the entire Great Palace complex, was gradually abandoned in favour of the Blachernae Palace.

Their palace ( ἀνάκτορον ) has been discovered ( the excavations started in 1926 and continued until 1995 ) in Pellana, Laconia, to the north-west of modern ( and classical ) Sparta.

The Lozi ruler, the Litunga, has a dry season palace 12 km north-west at Lealui on the floodplain, and a flood season palace on higher ground at Limulunga, 17 km north.

Nearby are three archeological cities-Parakramapura ( Panduvasnuwara-පඬ ු වස ් න ු වර ) ( north-west ) with remains of a moated palace and monasteries from the 12th century, Dambadeniya-දඹ ‍‍‍‍ ද ෙ න ි ය ( south-west, mid-13th century ), and Yapahuwa ( north ).

While the emperor's palace no longer exists, the church built by Charlemagne is still the main attraction of the city.

The great palace of the city was given to the monks of Bernard.

Dalmatia was the birthplace of the Roman Emperor Diocletian, who, upon retirement from Emperor in AD 305, built a large palace near Salona, out of which the city of Split later developed.

In ancient Greece, the Acropolis ( literally: " peak of the city "), placed on a commanding eminence, was important in the life of the people, serving as a refuge and stronghold in peril and containing military and food supplies, the shrine of the god and a royal palace.

He had planned to rebuild the palace of Polycrates at Samos, to finish the temple of Didymaean Apollo at Ephesus and to found a city high up in the Alps.

His palace eventually became the core of the modern-day city of Split.

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

* 1066 – Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.

Louis and Eleanor stayed in the Philopation palace, just outside the city walls.

8: " And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's orchard ( pardes ), that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city.

Some of the oldest serekhs consist of a striped or cross-hatched box, representing a palace or city, with a crane, scorpion, or other animal drawn standing on top.

The author of Kings describes how Jehu entered the city without any resistance, and saw Jezebel, the mother of king Jehoram, presenting herself from a window in the palace and receiving him with insolence.

Architects ' Journal rated the temple third on its top-ten architecture of Star Wars list behind the second Death Star and Jabba the Hutt ’ s palace on Tatooine, and ahead of Coruscant, capital city of the Old Republic.

Outside the city proper is a citadel and the royal palace.

Upon reaching the city in September 1895, the column bombarded the royal palace with heavy artillery, causing heavy casualties and leading Queen Ranavalona III to surrender.

Wide paved boulevards and gathering places were constructed in the capital city of Antananarivo and the Rova palace compound was turned into a museum.

The palace is adorned with the coats of arms of the Podesta who once ruled the city.

Artistic and architectural commissions included the family palace in Rome, the Palazzo Barberini, the college of the Propaganda Fide, the Fontana del Tritone in Piazza Barberini, the cathedra in St Peters and other prominent structures in the city.

The northern walled city called " Inner Citadel " () was portioned out to the remaining Manchu Eight Banners, each responsibled for guarding a section of the Inner Citadel surrounding the Forbidden City palace complex (; Ma: 40px Dabkūri dorgi hoton ).

As-Salih, fearing capture by Saladin, came out of his palace and appealed to the inhabitants not to surrender him and the city to the invading force.

Breaking with two centuries of Ottoman tradition, a former concubine had thus become the legal wife of the Sultan, much to the astonishment of observers in the palace and the city.

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.

An Iranian woman playing a frame drum, from a painting on the walls of Chehel-sotoon palace, Isfahan ( city ) | Isfahan, 17th century, Iran.

Buckingham Palace finally became the official royal palace of the British monarch on the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837.

* Meiji 2: On the 23rd day of the 10th month ( 1868 ), the emperor went to Tokyo and Edo castle became an imperial palace.

Before long, a falcon representing Horus became the norm as the animal on top, with the individual Pharaoh's symbol usually appearing in the box beneath the falcon, and above the stripes representing the palace.

Under Pope Pius IV ( 1559 – 65 ) he became bishop of Mondovi in Piedmont, but his opposition to that pontiff procured his dismissal from the palace and the abridgment of his authority as inquisitor.

After gaining the throne after palace intrigue and fraternal dispute, succeeded as Sultan on 7 September 1566, Selim II became the first Sultan devoid of active military interest and willing to abandon power to his ministers, provided he was left free to pursue his orgies and debauches.

The President's House in Philadelphia became a hotel and was demolished in 1832 while the unused presidential palace became home to the University of Pennsylvania.

Yahweh is cast in the role of the Divine King ruling over all the other deities, as in Psalm 29: 2, where the " sons of God " are called upon to worship Yahweh ; and as Ezekiel 8-10 suggests, the Temple itself became Yahweh's palace, populated by those in his retinue.

The palace was named after the place called " La Zarzuela " because of the profusion of brambles ( zarzas ) that grew there, and so the festivities held within the walls became known as " Zarzuelas ".

During the Régence, court life moved away from Versailles and this artistic change became well established, first in the royal palace and then throughout French high society.

The Alhambra became palace, citadel and fortress, and was the residence of the Nasrid sultans and their senior officials, including servants of the court and elite soldiers ( 13th-14th centuries ).

During his long reign royal castle of Buda became probably the largest Gothic palace of the late Middle Ages.

His father, a Schleswiger by birth, was at that time organist, and later became keeper, of the royal palace of Frederiksberg ; he was a very brisk and cheerful man.

When the Roman Empire was divided into the tetrarchy, Thessaloniki became the administrative capital of one of the four portions of the Empire under Galerius Maximianus Caesar, where Galerius commissioned an imperial palace, a new hippodrome, a triumphal arch and a mausoleum among others.

In the 8th century, Wiesbaden became the site of a royal palace of the Frankish kingdom.

Later Vivekananda travelled to Bangalore, where he became acquainted with K. Seshadri Iyer, the Dewan of the Mysore state, and stayed at the palace as a guest of the Maharaja of Mysore, Chamaraja Wodeyar.

The Persian forces became increasingly demoralized with the constant threat of a surprise attack from Alexander, leading to many desertions and eventually a coup led by Bessus, a satrap, and Nabarzanes, who managed all audiences with the King and was in charge of the palace guard.

His residences in the castle of the bishops of Warmia at Lidzbark Warmiński ( in German, Heilsberg ) and in the summer palace of the bishops of Warmia at Smolajny became centers of artistic patronage for all sectors of partitioned Poland.

The rebellion removed Alphonse II from the throne ( although he became king again later, from 791 to 842 ), and initiated a series of rebellions whose principal leaders were members of ascending aristocratic palace groups and landowners who, based on the growing economic development of the area, tried to displace from power of the reigning family of Don Pelayo.

Following King Charles ' execution in 1649, the palace became the property of the Commonwealth presided over by Oliver Cromwell.

Despite the efforts of Plectrude to silence her rival's child by imprisoning him, he became the sole mayor of the palace — and de facto ruler of Francia — after a civil war, which lasted for more than three years after Pepin's death.

Constantine became the Despotes of the Morea ( the medieval name for the Peloponnesus ) in October 1443, ruling from the fortress and palace in Mistra.

During the Crusades, the Dome of the Rock was given to the Augustinians, who turned it into a church, and the Al-Aqsa Mosque became the royal palace of Baldwin I of Jerusalem in 1104.