Angola's influence is rivalled only by that of Zimbabwe, which has more troops in the country, including the bodyguard that surrounds the new president at his home, the Marble Palace.
"Saddam will be vanquished by the power of God" is etched in Arabic over and over again on the marble walls of the palace's imposing rotunda hall.
The extraordinary lobby of the palace is centered on a marble fountain supported by cherubs, while the sky-blue walls are frescoed with cotton-ball clouds, birds, garlands and idealized rural scenes.
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The 27, 000-square-foot palace isn't just nice marble floor and wall space.
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All were defiant as they played to the cameras, waving to the crowd like World Cup winners, on the granite and marble steps of Mr Franco's gubernatorial palace.
They financed some of Shanghai's finest colonial architecture, including the magnificent Children's Palace (formerly the Kadoorie estate, Marble Hall), the art deco Peace Hotel (then the Cathay Hotel) and Shanghai Mansions, a Sassoon building that was used to process, and illegally house at times, hundreds of refugees.
The only painting on the ground floor is Stingel's self-portrait, nestled behind some marble columns near the boat-landing entrance to the palace.
After being turned away from the palace on 21 June, Barani went to Marble Arch and strangled Mr Morrison with a green cord in the middle of the night.
His main palace in Riyadh has 420 rooms, filled with marble, swimming pools and portraits of himself.
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Brooks points out the crystallized gypsum disguised as marble columns, the Styrofoam used to fill gaps in the palace's building blocks, and the most fundamental flaw: The foundations of the palace, set in an artificial lake, were designed to withstand a 200, 000 square-foot structure.
In the hotel's Aqua Palace, pools come in a variety of shapes, sizes and materials, including marble and the prized hinoki wood that adds a special scent to the bathing experience.
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Details such as limestone and oak flooring, carved marble bathtubs, and a private tower with panoramic views punctuate the beauty and meticulous design of this American palace.
She prefers Streatham, further south in London, where she could buy a palace for the money gentrifiers are keen to pay for her house, with its original cornicing and marble fireplaces.
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