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If you are short on time, interest or bandwidth, here's a collection of the best shots on the site. Most are from the east side of the palace.

Everything you can see, passer-by,
Is the work of one peasant
Who, out of a dream, created
The queen of the world.

The entire site. [1 MB]

The east facade, with the three giants on the left and the Egyptian monument on the right. [1 MB]

The three giants of the east facade. [570 k]

Talon-like spires that top the left end of the east side. [610 k]

The Egyptian monument. [560 k]

The northeast corner with one of many staircases. [402 k]

The tower on the terrace, which is a second floor. [502 k]

The miniature buildings on the west facade, including a Hindu Temple (center, marked "Temple Hindou"), Swiss Chalet, Maison Carree in Algiers and a medieval chateau. (not all shown). Several sculptures in the palace are dedicated to the world's great religions. [806 k]

The Arabian mosque on the west side. The sign over the door says, "Entrance to an imaginary palace." [542 k]

The wheelbarrow Cheval used to gather 100,000s of stones. Translation: my partner in pain. [600 k]

The guardians overlooking the first floor tunnel that runs through the palace and is filled with poems, inscriptions, sculptures and wall reliefs. [672 k]

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