Baroque Palace in Latvia, Rundale....

while i am still thinking about chandeliers

i came across this picture...

which led me to reading about this beautiful

Baroque Palace in Latvia Rundale...

Summer Residence of the Duke of Courland, ERNST JOHANN BIRON

Built: 1736-1740, 1763-1768 Architect: Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli

Rundāle Palace is one of the most outstanding monuments of Baroque and Rococo art in Latvia. It was built between 1736 and 1740 as a summer residence of Duke Ernst Johann of Courland.The Duchy of Courland-Semigallia, a vassal state of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, was founded in 1561 and it existed until 1795.In 1737 Ernst Johann Biron, a landlord in Courland and favorite of the Russian Empress Anna Ioannovna, became the Duke of Courland-Semigallia

Italian architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli designed Rundāle Palace and supervised construction work...

in this gorgeous ball room opera's are preformed...

wow what it would be like to attend one...

with my desire to travel the world, i will keep 

this beautiful Palace in my 

keep sake of wonderful places to visit...