Esther's photos with the keyword: palace

Galleria Doria Pamphilj - Rome "Palazzo Doria Pamphilj dates to the mid-15th century, but its current look was largely the work of the current owners, the Doria Pamphilj family, who acquired it in the 18th century. The Pamphilj’s golden age, during which the family collection was started, came during the papacy of one of their own, Innocent X (r 1644–55). The opulent picture galleries, decorated with frescoed ceilings and gilded mirrors, are hung with floor-to-ceiling paintings, all ordered chronologically." www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/rome/sights/museums-galleries/galleria-doria-pamphilj AIMG 8959

Galleria Doria Pamphilj - Rome "Palazzo Doria Pamphilj dates to the mid-15th century, but its current look was largely the work of the current owners, the Doria Pamphilj family, who acquired it in the 18th century. The Pamphilj’s golden age, during which the family collection was started, came during the papacy of one of their own, Innocent X (r 1644–55). The opulent picture galleries, decorated with frescoed ceilings and gilded mirrors, are hung with floor-to-ceiling paintings, all ordered chronologically." www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/rome/sights/museums-galleries/galleria-doria-pamphilj AIMG 8954

Galleria Doria Pamphilj - Rome "Palazzo Doria Pamphilj dates to the mid-15th century, but its current look was largely the work of the current owners, the Doria Pamphilj family, who acquired it in the 18th century. The Pamphilj’s golden age, during which the family collection was started, came during the papacy of one of their own, Innocent X (r 1644–55). The opulent picture galleries, decorated with frescoed ceilings and gilded mirrors, are hung with floor-to-ceiling paintings, all ordered chronologically." www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/rome/sights/museums-galleries/galleria-doria-pamphilj AIMG 8968

Galleria Doria Pamphilj - Rome "Palazzo Doria Pamphilj dates to the mid-15th century, but its current look was largely the work of the current owners, the Doria Pamphilj family, who acquired it in the 18th century. The Pamphilj’s golden age, during which the family collection was started, came during the papacy of one of their own, Innocent X (r 1644–55). The opulent picture galleries, decorated with frescoed ceilings and gilded mirrors, are hung with floor-to-ceiling paintings, all ordered chronologically." www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/rome/sights/museums-galleries/galleria-doria-pamphilj AIMG 8950

Galleria Doria Pamphilj - Rome "Palazzo Doria Pamphilj dates to the mid-15th century, but its current look was largely the work of the current owners, the Doria Pamphilj family, who acquired it in the 18th century. The Pamphilj’s golden age, during which the family collection was started, came during the papacy of one of their own, Innocent X (r 1644–55). The opulent picture galleries, decorated with frescoed ceilings and gilded mirrors, are hung with floor-to-ceiling paintings, all ordered chronologically." www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/rome/sights/museums-galleries/galleria-doria-pamphilj AIMG 8949

Galleria Doria Pamphilj - Rome "Palazzo Doria Pamphilj dates to the mid-15th century, but its current look was largely the work of the current owners, the Doria Pamphilj family, who acquired it in the 18th century. The Pamphilj’s golden age, during which the family collection was started, came during the papacy of one of their own, Innocent X (r 1644–55). The opulent picture galleries, decorated with frescoed ceilings and gilded mirrors, are hung with floor-to-ceiling paintings, all ordered chronologically." www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/rome/sights/museums-galleries/galleria-doria-pamphilj AIMG 8945

Galleria Doria Pamphilj - Rome Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez "This is the most important work in the collection, and is a masterpiece of 17th century portraiture. It portrays Giovanni Battista Pamphilj, Pope from 1644 to 1655, without attempting to hide his ugliness, “that satirical saturnine, coarse and hideous aspect”, which made his contemporaries and above all his enemies suspect that he had a “contumacious spirit”. Velázquez probably painted this between the end of 1649 and January of 1650. It was painted during a moment of great change in international politics: after the peace of Westphalia (1648) the papacy moved its alliances once more towards Habsburg Spain, dropping the pro-French line. An old English guidebook gives it as Reynold’s authoritative opinion that this is 'the finest picture in Rome.'" www.doriapamphilj.it/roma/en/i-capolavori-doria-pamphilj/diego-rodriguez-de-silva-y-velazquez AIMG 8951

Galleria Doria Pamphilj - Rome "Palazzo Doria Pamphilj dates to the mid-15th century, but its current look was largely the work of the current owners, the Doria Pamphilj family, who acquired it in the 18th century. The Pamphilj’s golden age, during which the family collection was started, came during the papacy of one of their own, Innocent X (r 1644–55). The opulent picture galleries, decorated with frescoed ceilings and gilded mirrors, are hung with floor-to-ceiling paintings, all ordered chronologically." www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/rome/sights/museums-galleries/galleria-doria-pamphilj AIMG 8919

Galleria Doria Pamphilj - Rome "Palazzo Doria Pamphilj dates to the mid-15th century, but its current look was largely the work of the current owners, the Doria Pamphilj family, who acquired it in the 18th century. The Pamphilj’s golden age, during which the family collection was started, came during the papacy of one of their own, Innocent X (r 1644–55). The opulent picture galleries, decorated with frescoed ceilings and gilded mirrors, are hung with floor-to-ceiling paintings, all ordered chronologically." www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/rome/sights/museums-galleries/galleria-doria-pamphilj AIMG 8913

Galleria Doria Pamphilj - Rome "Palazzo Doria Pamphilj dates to the mid-15th century, but its current look was largely the work of the current owners, the Doria Pamphilj family, who acquired it in the 18th century. The Pamphilj’s golden age, during which the family collection was started, came during the papacy of one of their own, Innocent X (r 1644–55). The opulent picture galleries, decorated with frescoed ceilings and gilded mirrors, are hung with floor-to-ceiling paintings, all ordered chronologically." www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/rome/sights/museums-galleries/galleria-doria-pamphilj AIMG 8910

Galleria Doria Pamphilj - Rome "Palazzo Doria Pamphilj dates to the mid-15th century, but its current look was largely the work of the current owners, the Doria Pamphilj family, who acquired it in the 18th century. The Pamphilj’s golden age, during which the family collection was started, came during the papacy of one of their own, Innocent X (r 1644–55). The opulent picture galleries, decorated with frescoed ceilings and gilded mirrors, are hung with floor-to-ceiling paintings, all ordered chronologically." www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/rome/sights/museums-galleries/galleria-doria-pamphilj AIMG 8909

Galleria Doria Pamphilj - Rome "Palazzo Doria Pamphilj dates to the mid-15th century, but its current look was largely the work of the current owners, the Doria Pamphilj family, who acquired it in the 18th century. The Pamphilj’s golden age, during which the family collection was started, came during the papacy of one of their own, Innocent X (r 1644–55). The opulent picture galleries, decorated with frescoed ceilings and gilded mirrors, are hung with floor-to-ceiling paintings, all ordered chronologically." www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/rome/sights/museums-galleries/galleria-doria-pamphilj AIMG 8927

Baroque clock by Bartolomeo Monopola overlooking the courtyard of the Doges Palace. The Doge's Palace (Italian: Palazzo Ducale) is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice, northern Italy. The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme authority of the Republic of Venice, opening as a museum in 1923. Today it is one of the 11 museums run by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge%27s_Palace,_Venice AIMG_4778

Amber Fort near Jaipur, India AIMG_4837

Amber Fort near Jaipur, India AIMG_4836

Jal Mahal or Water Palace, was built in the18th Century and seems to float on a lake near Jaipur, India AIMG_4857

Hawa Mahal, or Palace of the Winds in, Jaipur, India, was built in 1799. It is one room wide and five stories high and its 953 lattice covered windows were designed to permit the royal ladies to look out over the street without being seen. AIMG_4983

The Hawa Mahal or Palace of the Winds was constructed in 1799 in Jaipur, India out of pink sandstone, lime and mortar. Five stories high, yet only one room wide, its purpose was to allow the sequestered ladies of the court to view the outside world through screened windows. AIMG_4691