Le Potager du Roy was created between 1678 and 1683 by Jean-Baptiste de la Quintine, the director of the royal fruit and vegetable gardens, in order to provide fresh ... read more
Mosigkau Castle was built as a summer residence between 1752 and 1757 for Princess Anne-Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Dessau. Today it is a museum, whereby the master paintings ... read more
Munich Court Garden, or Hofgarten, was created in 1613–1617 by Maximilian I of Bavaria, and extended during the 18th and 19th century. Today a public park, it was the ... read more
Oranienbaum Palace, was built as an ensemble, together with the park and city, by Henriette Catharina of Orange-Nassau (1637–1708). She was the wife of Johann Georg ... read more
Osborne House was the summer retreat of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. They didn't like Brighton and to spent their summers on the Isle of Wight. The house was ... read more
Palazzo Farnese, today in the hands of the Italian state, was created early 16th century by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, the future Pope Paul III. The empty main villa, ... read more
Prinz-Georg Palais, today serving as a museum for the Grand Ducal Hessian Porcelain Collection, is together with its garden, a charming Baroque ensemble. read more
Château de Rambouillet, a former Royal and Imperial residence, is since 1896 the summer residence and hunting estate of the French Presidents. It is surrounded ... read more
Rheinsberg Palace was the residence of Frederic the Great , when he was the Prussian Crown Prince. Later his younger brother, Prince Henry of Prussia, lived here and ... read more
Rosendal Palace, located at the Djurgården hunting park, was built in the 1820s for King Karl Johan, the first Bernadotte. The palace stands today largely as it did in ... read more
Rosersberg Palace was built by the Oxenstierna family in the 1630s before it became a royal palace in 1762. It contains well-preserved interiors and collections from ... read more
The El Escorial Abbey Palace is the immense complex, built by Philip II, in honour of his father Charles V. It is a Royal Palace, a monastery, a mausoleum, with stunning ... read more
Royal Palace museum Capodimonte, now a museum, was one of the two Royal palaces in Naples. It was a summer palace, hunting lodge and residence for the Kings of Two ... read more
Royal Palace of Caserta, is one of the largest royal residences in the world and is surrounded by a 120 ha baroque park, with formal vistas, fountains and cascades. The ... read more
Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso is the "Versailles of Spain", and was built 1721-24 for King Philip V, the Spanish grandson of Louis XIV. It is ... read more
Royal Villa of Monza, dating back to 1777-1780, has been used by the Habsburgs, the Napoleonic Viceroy Eugène de Beauharnais, and the Royal House of Savoy. It has a ... read more
Sanspareil Rockgarden, Wonsees, dates back to 1744, and was made for Margravine Wilhelmine, a sister of Frederick the Great. Many features don't exist any longer, ... read more
Sanssouci was built (1745-1747) for Frederick the Great as a place to relax and enjoy a (relative) simple life, without worries, "sans soucis". The villa-like ... read more
Schloss Charlottenhof is a former summer palace of Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia and his wife, the Bavarian princess Elisabeth Ludovika. It was built ... read more
Schloss Eremitage Waghaeusel is a baroque castle and former hunting lodge for the prince-bishops of Speyer, built 1724 -1729 by Michael Ludwig Rohrer. Today, castle and ... read more