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 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
The Royal Monastery of Pedralbes, today a museum showing the collections of the Museum of Barcelona, dates back to the 14th century. It was founded by Queen Elisenda de ... read more
Royal Greenhouses Laeken is part of the Royal Palace of Laeken, the residence of the King of Belgium. The total floor surface of this immense complex is 2.5 ... 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 Carthusian Monastery of Valldemossa dates back to 1309 when it was built as a Royal palace. It became a monastery in 1399. Chopin stayed here in winter 1838-1839 ... read more
Rousham House has been in the hands of the Dormer-Cottrell family since it was built in 1635 by Sir Robert Dormer. The house, remodelled in the 18th century by William ... 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
Rosenholm castle, dating back to 1559-1610, is today still in the hands of the same family, the Barons Rosenkranz. The castle, surrounded by open park, is used for ... 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
Rosenborg Castle, in (Dutch) Renaissance style and dating back to 1606, houses the Royal Collections. It is surrounded by the country's oldest royal garden and is, ... read more
Romantic Gardens Sanderumgaard was created by Johan von Bülow, who was Lord Chamberlain to Crown Prince Frederik, early 1800. The land was alder swamp and had to be ... read more
Rokeby Park, a fine example of the Italianate Palladian style, was completed in 1735 by Sir Thomas Robinson. He sold it to J.S. Morritt in 1769, an ancestor of the ... read more
Rohrau Castle, surrounded by a romantic landscape garden is housing one of Austrian's largest private collection of paintings from Italy, Spain and the ... read more
Rodmarton Manor was built between 1909-1929 for Claud and Margaret Biddulph and is the perfect example of a house, including all its furniture, built according to Arts ... read more
Rode Hall is since 1669 in the hands of the Wilbraham family. Today it is the home of Sir Richard and Lady Baker Wilbraham. The Hal, parkl and gardens are open to the ... read more
Rockingham Castle, dating back to William the Conquerer, 11th century, has been for over 450 years in the family of the present owner, James Saunders Watson. The Castle, ... read more
Rocca di Lonato dates back to the 10th century. Today it includes the beautiful natural garden, the Museum-House (the Podestà), the Library and the Visconti-Venetian ... read more
Riverhill House was bought by John Rogers, a keen horticulturalist, scientist and a friend of Charles Darwin, in 1840. It has been the home of the Rogers family ever ... read more
Ripley Castle has been the seat of the Ingleby baronets since the 14th century, and presently inhabited by Sir Thomas and Lady Emma Ingleby. The House, with its elegant ... read more