World's largest palace
Comparison of world's large palaces

World's largest palace

Section Title: Comparison of world's large palaces
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Rank	Name	Country	Place	Floor Area	Notes	Source	Image

1	Palace of the Parliament	Romania	Bucharest	330,000 square metres (3,552,090 sq ft)	The Palace of the Parliament is the world's largest administrative building (for civilian use; The Pentagon in the United States is larger).	Palace of the Parliament

2	Hofburg Palace	Austria	Vienna	240,000 square metres (2,583,339 sq ft)	Former imperial palace in the centre of Vienna. Part of the palace forms the official residence and workplace of the President of Austria.	Hofburg Palace

3	Louvre Palace	France	Paris	210,000 square metres (2,260,421 sq ft)	Royal residence of the kings of France for 300 years, the modern day Louvre Museum exhibitions occupy 60,600 square metres (652,293 sq ft).	Louvre Palace

4	Ak Saray	Turkey	Ankara	200,020 square metres (2,152,997 sq ft)	The official presidential palace of the Republic of Turkey since 2014.	Ak Saray (White Palace)

5	Istana Nurul Iman	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	200,000 square metres (2,152,782 sq ft)	Official residence of the Sultan of Brunei. The largest functioning royal palace in the world.	Istana Nurul Iman Palace

6	Apostolic Palace	Vatican City	Vatican City	162,000 square metres (1,743,753 sq ft)	Current Papal Palace and Vatican Museums in Rome.	Apostolic Palace

7	Forbidden City	China	Beijing	150,000 square metres (1,614,587 sq ft)	With an enclosed area of 720,000 square meters (178 acres), it is the world's largest palace complex.	Forbidden City

8	Malbork Castle	Poland	Malbork	143,000 square metres (1,539,239 sq ft)	Located in Poland, Malbork Castle is the largest castle in the world. The castle was founded in 1274 by the Teutonic Knights who used it as their headquarters to help defeat Polish enemies and rule their own northern Baltic territories.	Malbork Castle

9	Royal Palace of Madrid	Spain	Madrid	135,000 square metres (1,453,128 sq ft)	The largest functioning palace in Europe.	Royal Palace of Madrid

10	Quirinal Palace	Italy	Rome	110,500 square metres (1,189,412 sq ft)	Ancient Pope's palace and current presidential palace of the President of the Italian Republic. The presidential residence also has a garden with an area of 430,556,417 square feet (40.000 square metres or 4 hectares).	Quirinal Palace in Rome

11	Abdeen Palace	Egypt	Cairo	108,000 square metres (1,162,502 sq ft)	The construction of the palace bagan in 1863 and the was officially opened in 1874. In 1921 Sultan Fuad I added the gardens.	Abdeen Palace

12	Falaknuma Palace	India	Hyderabad	93,971 square metres (1,011,495 sq ft)	Built in the year 1889 in Hyderabad, India it was owned by the Nizams, the rulers of the princely state of Hyderabad, until 1950.	Falaknuma Palace

13	Palace of Venaria	Italy	Venaria Reale	80,000 square metres (861,113 sq ft)	The Palace was designed and built from 1675 by Amedeo di Castellamonte, it is one of the Residences of the Royal House of Savoy.	Palace of Venaria

14	Buckingham Palace	United Kingdom	London	77,000 square metres (828,821 sq ft)	A royal residence since George III bought Buckingham House in 1761 for his wife Queen Charlotte and has been the official London residence of the UK’s sovereign since Queen Victoria took up residence in July 1837.	Buckingham Palace

15	Prague Castle	Czech Republic	Prague	70,000 square metres (753,474 sq ft)	Seat of power for kings of Bohemia, Holy Roman emperors, presidents of Czechoslovakia and currently presidents of the Czech Republic. Dating back to the 9th century and at about 570 meters in length and an average of about 130 meters wide, the Guinness Book of Records lists Prague Castle as the largest ancient castle in the world.	Prague Castle

16	Topkapi Palace	Turkey	Istanbul	70,000 square metres (753,474 sq ft)	Primary residence of the Ottoman Dynasty for approximately 400 years. The entire palace complex including grounds occupies 700,000 square metres.	Topkapi Palace

17	Palace of Versailles	France	Versailles	63,154 square metres (679,784 sq ft)	World's largest royal domain with 87,728,720 square feet (8,150,265 m2) or 2,014 acres of palace grounds.	Palace of Versailles

18	Royal Palace of Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm	61,210 square metres (658,859 sq ft)	Claims to be world's largest palace still used for its original purpose, despite its smaller floor area.	Royal Palace of Stockholm

19	Palace of Caserta	Italy	Caserta	61,000 square metres (656,599 sq ft)	Royal Palace of House of Bourbon. It is the largest royal palace of the World by volume, with 2 millions cubic meters.	Reggia di Caserta

20	Winter Palace	Russia	Saint Petersburg	60,000 square metres (645,835 sq ft)	Currently part of 1,978,622 square feet (183,820 m2) Hermitage Museum.	The Winter Palace

21	Mannheim Palace	Germany	Mannheim	60,000 square metres (645,835 sq ft)	Mannheimer Residenz is the main palace of the Prince-electors of the Electorate of the Palatinate of the House of Wittelsbach. The 6 hectare (60,000 square meter) castle is one of Europe's largest palaces and the second largest baroque palace (after Versailles).	Mannheim Palace

22	Windsor Castle	United Kingdom	Windsor	54,835 square metres (590,239 sq ft)	Castle which dates back to around 1070 and has 5455 acres of royal parkland. Many famous people associated with British Royalty are buried in St Georges Chapel at Windsor Castle including Henry VIII.	Windsor Castle

23	Christiansborg Palace	Denmark	Copenhagen	51,660 square metres (556,064 sq ft)	The seat of the Danish Parliament, the Prime Minister's Office and the Supreme Court. Also, several parts of the palace are used by the monarchy, including the Royal Reception Rooms, the Palace Chapel and the Royal Stables.	Christiansborg Palace

24	Hampton Court Palace	United Kingdom	Richmond upon Thames	47,330 square metres (509,456 sq ft)	Palace dating back to 1515 containing 1000 rooms and grounds comprising 60 acres of formal gardens and 750 acres of royal parkland.	Hampton Court

25	Grand Serail	Lebanon	Beirut	39,970 square metres (430,233 sq ft)	Headquarters of the Prime Minister of Lebanon	Hamidiyyeh Clock Tower

26	Mafra National Palace	Portugal	Mafra	39,948 square metres (429,997 sq ft)	The Mafra National Palace is a monumental Baroque and Italianized Neoclassical palace-monastery located in Mafra, Portugal.

27	Royal Palace of Brussels	Belgium	Brussels	33,027 square metres (355,500 sq ft)	Palace in Brussels dating back to 1783. The Royal Palace of Brussels is the official palace of the Sovereign of Belgium, However it is not used as a royal residence, as the king and his family live in the Royal Castle of Laeken on the outskirts of Brussels.	-

28	Palazzo Pitti	Italy	Florence	32,000 square metres (344,445 sq ft)	Renaissance, palace, the core of the present palazzo dates from 1458. The palace was bought by the Medici family in 1549 and became the chief residence of the ruling families of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.	Palazzo Pitti

29	Frederiksborg Palace	Denmark	Hillerød	31,290 square metres (336,803 sq ft)	It was built as a royal residence for King Christian IV and is now a museum of national history. The current edifice replaced a previous castle erected by Frederick II and is the largest Renaissance palace in Scandinavia.	Frederiksborg Palace

30	Schoenbrunn Palace	Austria	Vienna	31,056 square metres (334,284 sq ft)	Baroque Palace dating back to the 1740s. The grounds of Schönbrunn, a World Heritage Site, cover 160 hectares.	Schönbrunn, Viedeň, Rakúsko

31	El Escorial	Spain	San Lorenzo de El Escorial	30,658 square metres (330,000 sq ft)	Monastery of the Order of Saint Augustine, Royal Palace and Royal Pantheon.	El Escorial

32	Kronborg	Denmark	Helsingør	28,724 square metres (309,183 sq ft)	Immortalized as Elsinore in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Kronborg is one of the most important Renaissance castles in Northern Europe and has been added to UNESCO's World Heritage Sites list (2000).	Kronborg

33	Amalienborg	Denmark	Copenhagen	26,500 square metres (285,244 sq ft)	Home of the Danish royal family, It consists of four identical classical palace façades with rococo interiors around an octagonal courtyard, in the centre of the square is a monumental equestrian statue of Amalienborg's founder, King Frederick V.	Amalienborg Palace

34	Grand Kremlin Palace	Russia	Moscow	24,100 square metres (259,410 sq ft)	It includes the earlier Terem Palace, nine churches from the 14th, 16th, and 17th centuries, the Holy Vestibule, and over 700 rooms.	Grand Kremlin Palace

35	Munich Residenz	Germany	Munich	23,000 square metres (247,570 sq ft)	The Residenz, with its 130 rooms and ten courtyards, is the former royal palace of the Wittelsbach monarchs of Bavaria and the largest city palace in Germany.

36	Rashtrapati Bhavan	India	Delhi	18,600 square metres (200,000 sq ft)	The official presidential palace of the Republic of India.	Rashtrapati Bhavan

37	Ras El Tin Palace	Egypt	Alexandria	17,000 square metres (182,986 sq ft)	Construction began in 1834, taking eleven years to complete the original design in 1845. Complementary work and the construction of additional wings continued for two more years until 1847, when it was officially inaugurated by Muhammed Ali of Egypt.	Ras El Tin Palace

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