Audience Chamber, Island Gardens, Polonnaruwa, UNESCO World Heritage Site, North Central Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Audience Chamber, Island Gardens, Polonnaruwa, UNESCO World Heritage Site, North Central Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Detail of the coloured glass and mirror work in the audience chamber in the palace, The City Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Fresco of carpenters, within panels decorating vaulted ceiling of main audience chamber, Qasr Amra hunting lodge and baths, built by Ummayad Caliph Wallid I between 705 and 715AD, east of Amman, Jordan, Middle East

Moti Mahal, The Pearl Palace at Mehrangarh Fort 16th Century hall of public audience at Jodhpur in Rajasthan, Northern India

Audience Chamber (Audience Hall), Topkapi Palace, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Senator and Presidential Candidate Hilary Clinton greets audience members after President of the United States George W. Bush gave his final State of the Union address to Congress at the Capitol Building on January 28, 2008 in Washington, D.C.