11.   At least six others were detained in front of Tiananmen Gate, the entrance to the former imperial palace to the north of the square.

12.   Drums and bells atop towers near the imperial palace sounded across the tiled rooftops of sleeping Beijing to mark the hours through the night.

13.   Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko hosted the reading at the imperial palace.

14.   He remained faithful to the distinctive, black vertical brushstroke he used to recreate emaciated faces, imperial Russian palaces and sad-faced clowns.

15.   He then quickly toured the Forbidden City, the former imperial palace, and Beihai park, once a pleasure ground for the emperors.

16.   Kyle, decided to focus the exhibit on the Russian imperial palaces, the official homes of czars and czarinas.

17.   Russians raced through the imperial palaces of Leningrad, frantically hauling armloads of priceless artwork to hide in dusty basements.

18.   Security was tight ahead of his meetings at the former imperial Hofburg palace.

19.   The Amber Room from the imperial palace in the village of Tsarskoe Selo, near St. Petersburg, was looted by Nazi troops during World War II.

20.   The famed tenors performed on an open-air stage erected in the courtyard of the Meridian Gate in the heart of the former imperial palace, now a museum.