Statue of Jupiter to left in foreground, Great Cascade in the background, Peterhof, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Samson Fountain, Great Palace, view from Sea Canal, Peterhof, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Great Cascade with Great Palace in the background, Peterhof, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Carved relief of four Royal Persian Guards, facade of Private Palace of Darius the Great (Tachara), Persepolis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Iran, Middle East

The Great Hall with ceiling paintings, Catherine Palace, Tsarskoe Selo, Pushkin, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Russia, Europe

Ceiling paintings, The Great Hall, Catherine Palace, Tsarskoe Selo, Pushkin, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Russia, Europe

The Great Hall (Throne Hall) painting, Chehel Sotun Palace, Isfahan, Iran, Middle East

Painting, The Great Hall (Throne Hall), Chehel Sotun Palace, Isfahan, Iran, Middle East

The Great Hall (Throne Hall) painting, the reception of Shah Abbas I for Vali Mohammad Khan, Chehel Sotun Palace, Isfahan, Iran, Middle East

The Great Hall (Throne Hall) painting, the reception of Shah Abbas I for Vali Mohammad Khan, Chehel Sotun Palace, Isfahan, Iran, Middle East

Prussian Baroque New Palace (Neues Palais) built by King Friedrich II (Frederick the Great), Sanssouci Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

Stained glass window depicting King Henry VIII, The Great Hall, Hampton Court Palace, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The great gatehouse and west front, Hampton Court Palace, Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Samson Fountain, Great Palace, view from Sea Canal, Peterhof, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Prussian Baroque New Palace (Neues Palais) built by King Friedrich II (Frederick the Great), Sanssouci Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

East Chapel, Peterhof, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

West Chapel, Peterhof, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Portrait of King Henry VIII, Jane Seymour and Prince Edward, The Great Hall, Hampton Court Palace, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Herod the Great's hanging palace from above, Judaean desert beyond, Masada, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Israel, Middle East

The Great Palace, Petrodvorets (Peterhof), St. Petersburg, Russia

The Grand Cascade of Peterhof, Peter the Great's Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

The Grand Cascade of Peterhof, Peter the Great's Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Sala del Maggior Consiglio (The Great Council Hall), Doge's Palace, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

View of Hagia Sophia (Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque), completed in 537 AD, with the Great Palace of Constantinople ruins in the foreground, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

View of Hagia Sophia (Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque), completed in 537 AD, with the Great Palace of Constantinople ruins in the foreground, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

View of the Fountain (Sebil) of Sultan Ahmed III, built under Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III in 1728, in the Tulip Period style, in the great square in front of the Imperial Gate of Topkapı Palace, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

View of the Fountain (Sebil) of Sultan Ahmed III, built under Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III in 1728, in the Tulip Period style, in the great square in front of the Imperial Gate of Topkapı Palace, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

The Grand Cascade of Peterhof, Peter the Great's Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

The Grand Cascade of Peterhof, Peter the Great's Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Great Hall seen from the Upper Gallery, The Berlin Palace (Humboldt Forum), Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany, Europe

External view of Peterhof, Peter the Great's Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

View of Charlottenburg Palace and statue of Great Elector Frederick William at Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany, Europe

View of Charlottenburg Palace and statue of Great Elector Frederick William at Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Interior view of the opulence in the Great Hall of the Catherine Palace, Tsarskoe Selo, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Stone carving of Pacal the Great, Palenque ruler from 615 AD to 683 AD, Palace, Palenque Archaeological Zone, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chiapas, Mexico, North America

Sanssouci, the former Summer Palace of Frederick the Great, and its gardens, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Potsdam, Berlin, Germany, Europe

City scene including Yeni Camii (Great Mosque) by Golden Horn of Bosphorus River, Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Hall of the Great Council (Sala del Maggior Consiglio), Doge's Palace, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Panoramic of the Great Court of Blenheim Palace, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Great Hall, Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

The Great Hall, The Royal Reception Rooms, Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe

Great Gatehouse, Hampton Court Palace, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Great Court of Blenheim Palace, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Tapestry in the Great Hall, Hampton Court Palace, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Purchang (cremation palace) of h.h. Dilgo khyenste. Bhutan. H.h. Dilgo khyentse rinpoche (1910-1991), tutor to present dalai lama revered as of greatest exponents of dzogchen- teachings of great perfection. Khyentse rinpoche®s purchang (cremation palace), satsam chorten, below paro takstang, bhutan, november 4, 1992 never forget swiftly this life will be over, like a flash of summer lightning or wave of a hand. that have opportunity to practice dharma, do waste a single moment on anything else, practice with your energy.oe h.h. Dilgo khyenste rinpoche, heart treasure of enlightened ones my delight in death is, greater than delight of traders at making vast fortunes at, or of lords of gods vaunt their victory in battle or of those sages have entered rapture of perfect meditative absorbtion. So just as a traveler sets on road when time come to go, i will remain in this world no longer, will dwell in stronghold of great bliss of deathlessness. -longchenpa, fourteenth- century dzogchen master

Russia, St-Petersburg, Pedrovorets, Peterhof Palace And Park, Goldened Statues Of The Great Waterfall, The Canal Leading To The Baltic Sea (Architect Leblond)

Great Mosque at Hansaray (Khan's Palace), Bakhchisaray, Crimea, Ukraine, Europe

Russia, St-Petersburg, Pedrovorets, Peterhof Palace And Park, Goldened Statues Of The Great Waterfall, Architect Leblond

Great Mosque at Hansaray (Khan's Palace), Bakhchisaray, Crimea, Ukraine, Europe

Great Mosque, Hansaray (Khan's Palace), Bakhchisaray, Crimea, Ukraine, Europe

Russia, St-Petersburg, Pedrovorets, Peterhof Palace And Park, Goldened Statues Of The Great Waterfall, The Canal Leading To The Baltic Sea (Architect Leblond)

Russia, St-Petersburg, Tsarskoie Selo (Pushkin), Catherine Ii Palace, Reflections In A Mirror In The Great Ballroom

Gilded bronze sculpture, Peterhof Palace (Petrodvorets Palace), The Great Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Peterhof Palace (Petrodvorets Palace), The Great Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

The Great Hall, Hampton Court Palace, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Russia, St-Petersburg, Russian Museum Settled In Michaelovsky Palace, Bust Of Emperor Peter The Great

Peterhof Palace (Petrodvorets Palace), The Great Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Peterhof Palace (Petrodvorets Palace), The Great Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Gilded bronze sculpture, Peterhof Palace (Petrodvorets Palace), The Great Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Peterhof Palace (Petrodvorets Palace), The Great Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Peterhof Palace (Petrodvorets Palace), The Great Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Peterhof Palace (Petrodvorets Palace), The Great Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

The Great Hall, Hampton Court Palace, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Detail of the domes of Peterhof Palace (Petrodvorets Palace), The Great Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Russia, St-Petersburg, Pavlovsky Palace, The Great Gallery

Cardiff Castle, detail, mosaic in The roof garden, Cardiff, Wales

Cardiff Castle, The roof garden, Cardiff, Wales

Peter the Great room, or small throne room, in the Hermitage in the Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Great Cascade, Grand Palace, Peterhof, St. Petersburg, Russia

Kreml with its building (from left): Grand The Kremlin palace and its buildings (from left): Cathedral of the Annunciation, Iwan the Great belltower, Cathedral of the Archangel Michael and the Saviourtower (Spasskaya) of the Kremlin wall, Moscow, Russia

Statue of William III of Orange in front of the Palace of Kensington, Hyde Park, London, England, Great Britain, United Kingdom, Europe

The illuminated Eilean Donan castle at night, Ross and Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland, Great Britain, Europe

The illuminated Eilean Donan castle at night, Ross and Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland, Great Britain, Europe

Europe, Great Britain, England, London, Bobbies at Buckingham Palace

Europe, Great Britain, England, London, Butterfly House at Syon House

Cawdor Castle under clouded sky, Nairn, Highlands, Scotland, Great Britain, Europe

Cawdor castle in the sunlight, Nairn, Highlands, Scotland, Great Britain, Europe

Europe, Great Britain, England, Somerset, Wells, bishops palace

Linlithgow Palace at sunset, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, Great Britain, Europe

6th century Byzantine Roman hare hunt mosaics from the peristyle of the Great Palace from the reign of Emperor Justinian I., Istanbul, Turkey

Great Palace of the Royal Palace Bangkok

Unesco World Heritage Site Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico, Central America, Large stone column in a natural setting under a clear sky, historically significant, Mitla, Central America

Corridor, interior furnishings around 1860, at Walmer Castle, 1540, Walmer, Deal, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Old garden bench with two flower buckets in the park of Walmer Castle, 1540, in the back ivy (Hedera helix Linnaeus) on a wall, Walmer, Deal, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Rolls-Royce Springfield Phantom 1, built in 1929, GB, Classic-Gala, Concours d'Elegance in the Baroque castle gardens, Schwetzingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Jaguar XK 140 DHC, built in GB, Classic-Gala, Concours d'Elegance in the Baroque castle gardens, Schwetzingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

MG TD, built in 1952 GB, Classic-Gala, Concours d'Elegance in the Baroque castle gardens, Schwetzingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Great Hall, first floor, Neues Schloss Schleissheim Palace, Oberschleissheim near Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Uttar Pradesh, Agra Fort, the Red Fort is a fortification and palace complex from the era of the Mughal emperors, North India, India, Asia

Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England, Great Britain

Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I, built in 1955, GB, Classic-Gala, Concours d'Elegance in the Baroque castle gardens, Schwetzingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Corridor, interior furnishings around 1860, at Walmer Castle, 1540, Walmer, Deal, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Big Ben and Houses of Parliament, Westminster Bridge, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Equestrian statues of Emperor Friedrich Wilhelm I Barbarossa and Kaiser Wilhelm the Great, Imperial Palace, Goslar, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Big Ben and Houses of Parliament, Thames, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Equestrian statues of Emperor Friedrich Wilhelm I Barbarossa and Kaiser Wilhelm the Great, Imperial Palace, Goslar, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

The Great Hall at Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerod, Denmark, Europe

Corridor with light dome, interior furnishings around 1860, at Walmer Castle, 1540, Walmer, Deal, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Inveraray Castle, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Balmoral Castle, summer residence of the British Royal Family, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe