Maddalena sings how the mob killed her mother and burned the palace, how she escaped, and how Bersi became a prostitute to support them both.
His plan backfired when the young woman instead decapitated the tyrant, after which the populace stormed and burned the palace.
This excited both the religious and the crowd to march on the Royal Enclosure and declare their intent to burn the palace down.
If harm comes to me, burn the entire palace and all in it.
The Dutch burned the palace here in 1906, so the heart of the old town is gone, but Tabanan remains a center for music and dance.
On February 26, 1727, Agaja attacked Whydah and burned the palace, causing the royal family to flee from the city.
The act of burning the palace has been perceived as barbaric and criminal by many Chinese, as well as by outside observers.
Whereas the Hittites had burned half the palace, Akhenaten burned the entire city.
The Venetians burned the palace of Nicephorus when they took the city in 1204.
Thaïs was present at the party and gave a speech which convinced Alexander to burn the palace.