Balchik Palace
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The Balchik Palace is a small palace and former royal residence located in Balchik, a popular town and seaside resort in Dobrich Province, in northeastern Bulgaria. Known as the Quiet Nest, the palace was built to serve as the summer residence of Queen Marie, in a time the region was part of Romania.
Construction started around 1924, escalating in 1926 and officially ending in 1937. Its architectural style is mostly combining Bulgarian, Romanian and Ottoman Turkish motifs. The complex around it consists of villas, a smoking hall, a wine cellar, a monastery with a holy spring and chapel, as well as other buildings and a botanical garden.
The palace remains a popular touristic attraction of the Bulgarian coast, despite controversies over its origin.
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