1.   The royal hunting-lodge of Falkland in Fife was transformed into a Renaissance palace, ornate with pilasters, medallions and allegorical statuary.

2.   The domed classical Renaissance palace that is City Hall is occupied for the first time by a Catholic mayor.

3.   A fire in a Renaissance palace in downtown Prague early Monday destroyed offices of a Spanish firm and damaged valuable frescoes.

4.   After sunset, the Clintons went to a private dinner with their royal hosts at a Renaissance palace now owned by the city.

5.   The Renaissance palace, onetime summer home of the popes, was recently opened to the public.

6.   The two leaders held talks just before lunchtime in a hilltop Renaissance palace in Rome.

7.   Veltroni also inaugurated a restored portico, the Loggia Mattei, which was part of a Renaissance palace built on an ancient Roman villa on the Palatine.

8.   After the meeting at a renaissance palace on the outskirts of Rome, the two leaders were to be joined by officials and diplomats for a dinner.