5 sentences with 'palaces'
Example sentences and phrases with the word palaces and other words derived from it.
• « Monument building ceased during the Intermediate Period - no more pyramids, palaces or temples were built. »
• « The frescoes painted on the walls of the palaces depicted elaborate athletic events with naked men leaping over charging bulls. »
• « His demands for free labour from the Hebrew people amounted to one day out of every three spent working on palaces and royal construction projects - an enormous amount from a contemporary perspective, but one that was at least comparable to the redistributive economies of nearby kingdoms. »
• « They built palaces based on Versailles even as the early military revolution, not to mention Louis XIV's constant wars, forced them to seek new forms of taxation and to rely on royal officials to build their armies and fortifications. »
• « The fortress is composed of sumptuous palaces built of marble and equipped with irrigation systems. It is circular in shape, with a double wall encircling it. »