[cmeisenzahl]

"To quote Mel Brooks, it's good to be the king. Or a duke, prince, nawab, Graf or tsarina, for that matter. And real estate is a big part of the reason.

Regardless of the continent, civilization or era, one common rule seems to apply: The higher up the food chain one gets, the bigger their digs. And since kings occupy the very highest rungs, it only makes sense that they live in the very biggest homes.

Although there are few monarchies left these days, and almost none that hold more than titular power, the world is still scattered with their royal palaces. Thanks to war, revolution and social change, many of these have become museums, monuments or even grand hotels; but their size and grandeur remains undiminished. To many people, however, they are symbols of oppression, physical proof of the greed and vanity of kings, paid for by an overtaxed populace who more often than not lived in squalor. To others, these palaces are the embodiment of majesty, a manifestation of a nation's glory and a mirror of its magnificence."












http://www.forbes.com/2006/01/25/pal...26feat_ls.html

[His Dudeness]

****, you should see my house in the Hamptons.

[f1000]

Pffft. You haven't arrived until you've built your own pyramid.

[Nicko]

I visited Angkor over Christmas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor. That place is amazing. One of the 7 wonders of the world for sure.

[Doofy]

Fancy a house like that? They're dirt cheap in France...

http://www.demeures.com/html/133_en.htm

[turtle777]

Venice in 150 years ?

[Leia's Left Bun]

Originally Posted by cmeisenzahl

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I want to go view the guy in the wheelchair.

[turtle777]

Interesting enough, no places in South- or Northamerica included ? Why would that be ?

[MacNStein]

Biltmore deserves to be on that list.