Paul D Stewart / 1855 Cartoon from Punch's Almanac of that year, ascribed to John Leech, captioned 'A visit to the antediluvian reptiles at Sydenham - master Tom strongly objects to having his mind improved'. Clockwis...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of 'The effects of a hearty dinner after visiting the Antediluvian Department at the Crystal Palace' from Punch, Volume 28, 1855. The restorations of dinosaurs at the Crystal Palace in Sy...

Paul D Stewart / 1854 Megalosaurus model by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins with superimposed image (pale brown) of the known lower jawbone used for the reconstruction. Waterhouse Hawkins attempted to scientifically recon...

Paul D Stewart / 1858 illustration of marine monsters by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins. Plate 23, to face page 33, of the New Edition, postumously published, of William Buckland's 'Geology and Mineralogy' - part of the...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Hand prints of famous actors and movie directors on the Croisette in front of the Cinema Festival Palace, Cannes, France.

Roberto Rinaldi / Seaside view from La Ponte della Paglia (The Straw Bridge) in front of the Doges Palace towards Piazzetta San Marco and the library Marciana, Venice, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Hand print of Ettore Scola, Italian screenwriter and film director, on the Croisette in front of the Cinema Festival Palace, Cannes, France.

Konstantin Mikhailov / The Grand Cascade of fountains and Park at Peterhof / Petergof Palace, Petergoff (Petrodvorets), St Petersburg, Russia, June 2007

Konstantin Mikhailov / The Grand Cascade of fountains at Peterhof / Petergof Palace, Petergoff (Petrodvorets), St Petersburg, Russia, June 2007

Erwan Quéméré / 13th century Royal Palace and Fontvieille marina, Monaco.

Colin Monteath / Snake charmers with Cobras (Naja sp) in front of Palace of the Winds, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Jim Brandenburg / Pueblo or Anasazi Indian cliff dwellings built around 1200 AD, Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

Jim Brandenburg / Pueblo or Anasazi Indian cliff dwellings built around 1200 AD, Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

Colin Monteath, Hedgehog House / Potala Palace, World Heritage Site, exiled Dalai Lama's winter palace, autumn light at dawn, Lhasa, the capital of Tibet

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / View of Potala palace, Dzong fortress, at nightfall. Lhasa, Tibet, China.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / View of Potala palace, Dzong fortress, at nightfall. Lhasa, Tibet, China.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / View of Potala palace, Dzong fortress. Lhasa, Tibet, China.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Prayer wheels on outer wall of Potala palace, Dzong fortress. Lhasa, Tibet, China.

Shane P. White / Temple, Grand Palace Complex, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Shane P. White / Temple, Grand Palace Complex, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Shane P. White / Bridge, Summer Palace, Beijing, China

Shane P. White / Mukden Palace, China

Shane P. White / Traditional building, Mukden Palace, China

Shane P. White / Gate, Mukden Palace, China

Shane P. White / Pagoda, Grand Palace Complex, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Jeff Foott / Winter Palace of Bogd Khaan, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. September 2011

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Elephant sculpture around an entrance of the Royal Palace. Dassa, Benin, 2020.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Figure of Zangbeto, the night watchman, a voodoo to serve as protection in front of the Royal Palace of Toffa IX, King of Porto Novo, Benin, 2020.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / King of Porto Novo, Toffa IX sitting on throne chair in the palace courtroom, surrounded by photographs, Benin, 2020.

Linda Pitkin / Hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica) Crystal Palace Park, Kent, England, July.

Linda Pitkin / Greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza), in pond. Crystal Palace Park, Kent, England, July.

Linda Pitkin / Yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris) Crystal Palace Park, Kent, England, July.

Steve Nicholls / Yellow star of Bethlehem (Gagea lutea) in woodlands of th Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria, March.

Linda Pitkin / Shaggy inkcaps (Coprinus comatus) growing in a fairy ring in grass at entrance to Hampton Court Palace, London, England, October.

Linda Pitkin / Autumn squill (Scilla autumnalis), a nationally scarce species, growing in Home Park, Hampton Court Palace, London, August.

Philippe Clement / Hohenschwangau Castle, 19th-century palace and childhood residence of King Ludwig II of Bavaria at Hohenschwangau, Bavaria, Germany, October 2019

Philippe Clement / Hohenschwangau Castle, 19th-century palace and childhood residence of King Ludwig II of Bavaria at Hohenschwangau, Bavaria, Germany, October 2019

Philippe Clement / Hohenschwangau Castle, 19th-century palace and childhood residence of King Ludwig II of Bavaria at Hohenschwangau, Bavaria, Germany, October 2019

Philippe Clement / Neuschwanstein Castle seen from Marienbrucke in autumn / fall, 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace at Hohenschwangau, Bavaria, Germany, October 2019

Philippe Clement / Neuschwanstein Castle seen from Marienbrucke in autumn / fall, 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace at Hohenschwangau, Bavaria, Germany, October 2019

Erwan Quéméré / The Palace and Oceanographic Museum on Monaco Rock.