Palace (palacio) is a class of building found in the world’s cities and in at least one other plane; wherever there is a governor, there is a palace. Palaces serve as residences, seats of formal audience and, once, a gateway to the elemental plane.
| Type | Place (class of building) |
| Spanish entry | Palacio |
Known examples
- Belgrade, capital of Serbia: the royal palace, home of the royal couple; also “palaces of Belgrade”, plural.
- Bucharest: a palace by the boulevard María.
- Alexandria: the Palace of Rastines, “of the white walls”, on a peninsula.
- Luxembourg Palace: a landmark in the “triangle of the upper zone”.
- Palace of Electricity: built for the Universal Exposition of 1900, for display only.
- Versailles: known as the “plane of mirrors”.
- Diamond Palace: on the elemental plane, and its gate.
Layout and use
The Belgrade palace is “a succession of salons” in a line; “every 20 meters or so there is a bend”, each with “a sort of Gothic window”, right and left. Its recorder noted “these kings have a love for the strange”. Elsewhere, unplaced, are “plush apartments that have that order of the door between west and east”.
Governors receive visitors there formally: “I will wait for you in my palace for a formal interview”.
Open questions
- The Alexandrian name (“Rastines”, “Rastín”, “Rásting”), and whether it is the same as a similarly named fort.
- Whether Belgrade’s palaces are separate buildings or one complex.
- What the “order of the door” means, and whether it belongs to the Belgrade palace.
- The Diamond Palace’s appearance, access and crossing requirements.
- Whether Versailles’s “plane of mirrors” is a plane of existence or a floor plan.
- Materials, heights and condition; whether palaces vary by owner’s rank.