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== Medieval palaces ==
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European palaces belonging to rulers were often large and grand, however, very few have survived to represent anything like their original medieval condition; many having been abandoned, burned down, demolished, or rebuilt.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}} The [[Palais des Papes]] in [[Avignon]], France, is probably the best prominent example,{{according to whom|date=September 2024}} essentially a creation of 1252 to 1379, and little has changed since 1433,{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}} which marked the end of the [[Avignon Papacy]] and subsequent schisms.

Very little of the medieval [[Louvre Palace]], one of the most magnificent, has survived above ground. Similar fates befell the main palaces of the [[Byzantine Empire]] in [[Constantinople]]: the [[Great Palace of Constantinople]], [[Boukoleon Palace]], and [[Palace of Blachernae]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}  The [[Palace of the Porphyrogenitus]], a part of the Palace of Blachernae, has significant remains and now houses a museum.