As we neared Monaco, gracious old buildings with wooden shutters and ugly new ones blocked my view of the sea.

The city's youthful mayor was the host of a party for us in one of the gracious, lovely old buildings in the historic city center.

It was a large, rambling, gracious Edwardian building.

The organizers were renovating a large, gracious historic building.

Museums, theaters, gracious old buildings, convenience and the excitement of city living are all here.

It was an imposing and gracious building on the seaward side of the castle, protected by a smaller bailey.

Most of the gracious old buildings used for the annual show houses have suffered some kind of neglect.

Now it is the world's only working Georgian dockyard and its gracious buildings house a collection of restaurants and shops that are perfect for browsing.

Wakefield Towers, on the other hand, is a gracious old building with landscaped grounds.

Instead, we have a wonderful block of imposing, gracious buildings.