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This is an incomplete list of Chinese palaces. Xianyang Palace (咸陽宮), in (Qin) Xianyang (咸陽), now 15 km/9 miles east of modern Xianyang , Shaanxi province: this was the royal palace of the state of Qin before the Chinese unification, and then the palace of the First Emperor when China was unified.
Pages in category "Lists of palaces by country" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. ... List of palaces in Indonesia; List of palaces in Iran;
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Indonesian: Indonesia: Gedung Agung Gedung Agung ꦒꦣꦸꦁꦲꦒꦸꦁ Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta: 1869 Indies Empire: Indonesia: Istana Negara Istana Negara Paleis te Rijswijk: Central Jakarta, Jakarta
This category overlaps extensively with Category:Royal residences, but not all royal residences are palaces and not all palaces are royal residences. The main article for this category is List of palaces .
For the purposes of this list, place means any named location that is smaller than a county or equivalent: cities, towns, villages, hamlets, neighborhoods, municipalities, boroughs, townships, civil parishes, localities, census-designated places, and some districts. Also included are country homes, castles, palaces, and similar institutions.
The original colonial building on the site of Istana Bogor was a mansion named Buitenzorg (also Sanssouci, meaning without a care in Dutch), which dates back to 1745 as a country retreat for the Dutch governors-general to escape the heat and diseases of Batavia.
The Merdeka Palace (Indonesian: Istana Merdeka; also known in Indonesian as Istana Gambir and during the Dutch times as Paleis te Koningsplein) is one of seven presidential palaces in Indonesia. It is located on the north side of the Merdeka Square in Central Jakarta, Indonesia, and was used as the official residence of the president of Indonesia.