15 Of The BIGGEST Palaces On Earth

Most of us are going to live out our days living in apartments, condos, or single-family homes. If we’re lucky we’ll be able to upgrade and maybe even move to a three-story home. But then there are the folks who live in mansions or even take things a step further with the mega-mansions. But what about the people who are richer than god? People like world leaders and royalty of times passed. Well, they get to live in palaces. With staff to take care of your every need and built in the architectural styles that reflect the culture and geography from gothic to baroque, most of these mansions are absolutely stunning. But there are some that are both better and bigger than others with hundreds upon hundreds of rooms and acres of space. So join us for today’s video, where we look at 15 of the biggest palaces on Earth!

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[unusedspoon]

The narrator saying that Edinburgh castle is the most picturesque scene in Scotland shows he has no idea what the rest of Scotland is like

[yannischupin]

You forgot the Louvre Palace, which was the residence of the French King before Versailles was built. And the size of the Palace is enormous (bigger than Versailles) so it should definitely have been on this list.

[jpmtlhead]

There's a big diference between a Palace and a Temple a Monastery or a Castle.
Putting Edinburgh Castle on this List its Ridículous. Its a fabulous Castle, but being on the 15 biggest palaces (wich is not, its a Castle) in the world, its going a long way. There are plenty of Castles around Europe Much bigger.

[richardcoates]

Very much surprised that Mysuru palace in India wasn't mentioned. It is an amazing palace and the second biggest tourist attraction in India after the Taj Mahal.

[Kate]

I’ve been to the castles in Madrid and Bangkok and the Alhambra in Granada Spain. They’re so cool.

[darianyee]

The last few palaces did not look like "The biggest" compared to the forbidden palace in China.

[hajime]

Versailles is my favorite, but all of them are amazing looking

[asmaben]

Chambord is a Beauty amongst buildings...

[Luboman]

So this list totally skipped out on the Hofburg Palace, the biggest palace complex in Europe; Windsor Castle, way bigger than Buckingham Palace; the Louvre Palace, the biggest palace in the world by sheer square footage; the Apostolic Palace, the most sumptuous palace in Italy; the Grand Kremlin Palace, the most glittering palace in Russia; the Catherine Palace, the most beautiful palace in Russia; El Escorial, Spain's biggest palace complex; Mafra Palace, Portugal's biggest palace; the Red Fort, India's largest palace; the Agra Fort, another one of India's grand palaces; the Tokyo Imperial Palace, Japan's biggest palace complex; Sans-Souci Palace, Germany's most beautiful palace; Wurzburg Palace, one of the most sumptuous palaces in Germany. And I haven't even covered the palaces in Belgium, the Netherlands, Iran, Egypt, Cambodia, Poland, Ukraine, Hungary and the like. This was a bad list, not gonna lie. There were way better palaces to cover than most of the ones covered here.

[jdubmotors]

Forbidden City: The complex consists of 980 buildings, [4] encompassing 8, 886 rooms and covering 720, 000 square metres (72 hectares)/178 acres.

[TrangDB]

15. 0:21 Buckingham Palace, England
14. 01:20 Winter Palace, Russia
13. 02:38 Château de Chambord, France
12. 04:05 Royal Palace of Madrid, Spain
11. 05:18 The gand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand
10. 06:29 Dolmabahçe Palace, Turkey
09. 07:45 The Palace of Versailles, France
08. 08:58 Hawa Mahal, India
07. 10:10 Royal Palace of Caserta, Italy
06. 11:17 the forbidden City Beijing, China
05. 12:38 Schönbrunn Palace, Austria
04. 13:47 Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
03. 14:57 Drottningholm Palace, Sweden
02. 16:21 Alhambra, Spain
01. 17:30 Istana Nurul Iman Palace, Brunai

[andybracken]

Delighted to see my home city of Edinburgh represented in such esteemed company!!

[paulschaeffer]

Impressive. Not sure how Peter the Great's Place (the Peterhof Palace), Palace of Catherine the Great, Bangkok's Grand Palace, Portugal's Palace of Monserrate, or Denmark's Rosenborg Palace missed the list. They at least need to be on a honorable mention list.

[PeterCombs]

Palace in Spain has 3400 rooms, yes, but it comes out to a lot more than 40, 000 square feet of space...the building actually has OVER 1, 400, 000 square feet of space..

[dalibortrojek]

The list is nonsence…Including Edinborough Castle (ti is beautiful) and not including Prague Castle which is the biggest castle in the world…The list is just not correct, it is just a random list of nice palaces but definitely not the list of 15 biggest

[khisyamh]

that's not the palace of the Sultan of Brunei (Nurul Iman Palace).. that's the mosque in the capital (Bandar Seri Begawan) i.e. Omar Ali Saifuddien mosque..

[antoniolopez]

The Royal Palace in Madrid is larger than both Buckingham and Versailles. It´s actually the largest palace in western Europe

[qljvdws]

Thinking Buckingham palace is old at "200 years" considering the UK royal family have had Windsor Castle for around 1000 years 😅

[donnakerr]

There are not enough adjectives to describe the awesomeness of these palaces and castles

[arthurlam]

the biggest palace should be the old summer palace. it is around 5 times the size of vatican city however being damged and burned during the opium war. beautiful palace, with resovoiurs everywhere. It deserves a mention in the video.