Monday, March 8, 2010

The World's Largest Working Royal Palace


The title of the world’s largest “working”royal palace belongs to the Buckingham Palace. It is the official London residence of the BritishRemarkable Features of the Buckingham PalaceThe palace has a total area of 828,818 square feet or 77,000 square meters.The Buckingham Palace Garden is the largest private garden in LondonBuckingham Palace is one of the world’s most familiar buildings and more than 50,000 people visit the palace each year as guests to banquets, lunches, dinners, receptions and the royal garden partiesThe Gallery is hung with numerous works including some by Rembrandt, van Dyck, Rubens, and Vermeer.The State Ballroom is the largest room at Buckingham Palace. State banquets often over 150 guests dine off in gold plates.The palace contained 19 state rooms, 52 principal bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices, and 78 bathrooms