Landmarks Around the World

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Featured Landmark

Tajbeg Palace (Queen's Palace)

Kabul, Kabul Province, Afghanistan

Built in the 1920s, the stately mansion sits atop a knoll among foothills where the Afghan royal family once hunted and picnicked. During the Soviet war in Afghanistan it served as the headquarters of the Soviet 40th Army.