4. The Royal Pavilion is a former royal
residence located in Brighton, England,
United Kingdom. It was built in three
stages, beginning in 1787, as a seaside
retreat for George, Prince of Wales, who
became the Prince Regent in 1811. It is
often referred to as the Brighton Pavilion
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from a simple farmhouse to a
spectacular oriental palace.
It is built in the Indo-Saracenic style
prevalent in India for most of the 19th
century, with the most extravagant
chinoiserie interiors ever executed in the
British Isles.
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26. Brighton Pavilion became a temporary hospital for Indian soldiers in WW1
During the First World War, Brighton Pavilion was turned into a makeshift, if palatial, hospital for Indian
servicemen wounded while fighting for British forces