People were the more ready to believe that this must needs be the fact, when they beheld the splendid edifice that rose, as if by enchantment, on the site of his father's old weather-beaten farm-house.

The International Hotel, that once so splendid edifice, through whose portals the tide of opulent life then ebbed and flowed, is all but deserted now.

The office is a splendid edifice.

The archiepiscopal palace is a splendid edifice erected by Archbishop Agustín de Lezo y Palomeque.

Mughal architecture begins with Akbar who showed his passion for building by planning and constructing splendid edifices.

C Map The premier address for classical concerts is this splendid neobaroque edifice, home to the State Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.

He remembered again how it had once been a resort area, with rich tourists and many splendid edifices.

Indeed, the hammams built in Tripoli by the early Mamluk governors were splendid edifices and many of them are still present until today.

After all, this splendid edifice known as the European Union is being created for those very citizens, not for the governments.

The west door of this splendid little edifice is a rich piece of original Norman work.