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| The main gate |
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| A humble boudoir; those are tiled stoves - heaters - at the side |
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| The master bath |
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| Entrance to the parade ground |
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Rundale Palace, Latvia
Spent a couple hours at this exquisite (a term I do not use frivolously) restored country palace. Originally built by the Russian Empress Anna for her lover the Duke, it was converted by the Russians to a school and a warehouse! Only in the 1970s was an effort begun to return it to its glory.
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