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    326799°E / 59.945176; 30.326799 Marble Palace (Russian: Мраморный дворец) is one of the first Neoclassical palaces in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is...
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    22°34′57″N 88°21′37″E / 22.582378°N 88.360143°E / 22.582378; 88.360143 Marble Palace is a palatial nineteenth-century mansion in North Kolkata. It is located...
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    The Marble Palace (Persian: کاخ مرمر, Kākh-e Marmar) is an historic building and former royal residence in Tehran, Iran. It is located in the city centre...
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  • Marble Palace is a Neoclassical palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, completed in 1785. Marble Palace may also refer to: Marble Palace (Kolkata), a 19th-century...
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    important ceremonies held in the palace during the Pahlavi era were the coronation of Reza Shah (r. 1925–1941) on the Marble Throne and the coronation of...
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    The Marble Palace, located at 46, Muktaram Babu Street, Kolkata 700007, is a palatial mansion located in North Kolkata, India, which was built by Raja...
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    The Marmorpalais (or Marble Palace) is a former royal residence in Potsdam, near Berlin in Germany, built on the grounds of the extensive Neuer Garten...
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    The Marble Arch is a 19th-century white marble-faced triumphal arch in London, England. The structure was designed by John Nash in 1827 as the state entrance...
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    Carrara marble, Luna marble to the Romans, is a type of white or blue-grey marble popular for use in sculpture and building decor. It has been quarried...
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    Shangdu (redirect from Xanadu Palace)
    abides at this Park of his, dwelling sometimes in the Marble Palace and sometimes in the Cane Palace for three months of the year, to wit, June, July and...
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  • "Lightness" (subtitled: Music for the Marble Palace – The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg) is the sixteenth solo studio album by Brian Eno, released...
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  • The Palais de Marbre, also known as Marble Palace, is a palace and historic building in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, situated atop a hill...
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    Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)) that have recrystallized under the...
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    visited him in the Marble Palace and did not allow the Shah's bodyguards to be present, with the Red Army alone guarding the Marble Palace during Stalin's...
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    Rang Mahal (Red Fort) (category Mughal palaces)
    Through the center of the marble palace, a shallow canal called the Stream of Paradise (Nahr-i-Bihist) flowed into a marble basin carved into the floor...
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  • with Beadon Street and Sovabazar, about one kilometer north of the Marble Palace area. Sonagachi is among the largest red-light districts in Asia and...
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    nature reserves where visitors are allowed. The oldest zoo in India is Marble Palace Zoo, Kolkata. The zoo and park was opened in 1854. The Central Zoo Authority...
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    the palace is made up of carved marble stones which were made by local artists. The common materials used are plaster and mirror in addition to marble. There...
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    and 1862 on the Palace Embankment, between the Hermitage Museum buildings (to the west) and the Marble Palace (to the east). The palace was commissioned...
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    philanthropist. He was the scion of Mullick family of Chorbagan and built the Marble Palace of Kolkata. The Mullick family of Chorbagan was founded by Ramakrishna...
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    (Millionnaya st.) — the Marble Palace, built by Antonio Rinaldi for Catherine's favourite Grigory Orlov. Since 1992 the palace is a part of the Russian...
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    the Winter Palace and the Marble Palace, the Vladimir Palace is on the waterfront of the South bank of the river Neva; the location on Palace Embankment...
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    architecture in Prussia, including the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, the Marble Palace and Orangery in the New Garden, Potsdam. Frederick William was born...
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  • and also the headquarters for drafting royal decrees. The palace is made of Italian marble floors and intricately carved ceiling and wall panels. King...
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    building as a hunting lodge. The white marble palace has high turrets and guards regulating each of the towers. The palace has a grand central court with a...
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    carat (4.474 g) diamond engagement ring. Soraya married the Shah at Marble Palace, Tehran, on 12 February 1951. Originally the couple had planned to wed...
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    Bertel Thorvaldsen's marble frieze "Alexander the Great Enters Babylon". The frieze was made for the second Christiansborg Palace, and parts of it survived...
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    Tuckahoe marble (also known as Inwood and Westchester marble) is a type of marble found in southern New York and western Connecticut in the Northeastern...
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    Philippines. Also known as the Casas Consistoriales and also nicknamed as the Marble Palace, the Ayuntamiento was the seat of the Manila City Council, which consisted...
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    spent the last years of his life as a captive in Saint Petersburg's Marble Palace. A controversial figure in Poland's history, he is viewed with ambivalence...
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