About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: 1762 architecture, 1762 books, 1762 operas, 1762 plays, 1762 treaties, Buckingham Palace, Orfeo ed Euridice, Artaxerxes, Emile: or, On Education, Trevi Fountain, The Disappointment, Pygmalion, The Social Contract, St. George's Cathedral, Lviv, Schuyler Mansion, St George's German Lutheran Church, Milsom Street, Bath, 1762 in literature, Old State House (Providence, Rhode Island), Treaty of Fontainebleau, Love in a Village, Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya, Upton Scott House, Museum of Newport History, Monroe Center Historic District, Coming Street Cemetery, Old Forge Farm, Strawberry Hill (Rhinebeck, New York), Bouwerie, Seven Stars Tavern, NJ, Turandot, Foster's Crown Law, Metropolitan Palace, Lviv, Le baruffe chiozzotte, General John Glover House, Treaty of Hamburg, Treaty of Saint Petersburg, Didone abbandonata, High German Evangelical Reformed Church, 1762 in architecture, Bowman-Carney House, Credulity, Superstition, and Fanaticism, Moses Morse House, Sela Mansion, Der Tag des Gerichts, Una delle ultime sere di carnovale, Sior Todero brontolon. Excerpt: Buckingham Palace is the London home and primary residence of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality. It has been a focus for the British people at times of national rejoicing and crisis. Originally known as Buckingham House, the building which forms the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1705 on a site which had been in private ownership for at least 150 years. It was subsequently acquired by George III in 1761 as a private residence for Queen Charlotte, and known as "The Queen's House." During the 19th century it was enlarged, principally by architects John Nash and Edward Blore, forming three wings around a central courtyard. Buckingha...
