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The biggest royal palaces, ranked

Talia LakritzMar 22, 2021, 22:22 IST

Malbork Castle in Poland.Darios/Shutterstock

Malbork Castle in Poland is the largest castle in the world if measured by land area.
The Royal Palace of Caserta in southern Italy is the world's largest palace if measured by volume.
Hofburg Palace in Austria has 18 wings, 19 courtyards, and 2,600 rooms.

Prague Castle in the Czech Republic spans 753,474 square feet.

Prague Castle. Travel Faery/Shutterstock

Buckingham Palace in London, England, measures in at 828,820 square feet.

Buckingham Palace. Chris Jackson / Staff / Getty Images

The Palace of Venaria in Italy covers 861,113 square feet.

The Palace of Venaria. KamilloK/Shutterstock

Istana Negara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is 969,635 square feet.

Istana Negara. Migel/Shutterstock

Quirinal Palace in Rome, Italy, is 1,189,412 square feet, and its garden is five times that.

Quirinal Palace. lucarista/Shutterstock

The Royal Palace of Madrid in Spain has an area of 1,450,000 square feet.

Royal Palace of Madrid. Paul Hanna/Reuters

Malbork Castle in Poland is the largest castle in the world if measured by land area, encompassing 1,539,239 square feet.

Malbork Castle. Darios/Shutterstock

The Forbidden City in Beijing, China, spans 1,600,000 square feet.

The Forbidden City. DI YIN/Getty Images

Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, is 2,583,339 square feet.

Hofburg Palace. cge2010/Shutterstock

The Royal Palace of Caserta in southern Italy measures around 500,000 square feet, but it is the world's largest palace if measured by volume.

The Royal Palace of Caserta. pio3/Shutterstock

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