During the Edo period, various daimyo constructed their lavish residences outside the castle, such as the residence of the daimyo Matsudaira Tadamasa.

In 1791, he took up a lavish residence across from where the Bastille once stood.

On the first corner, at No 35, is Domenech i Montaner's most lavish residence, Casa Lleo Morera.

The expenditures necessary to maintain lavish residences in both places, and for the procession to and from Edo, placed financial strains on the daimyo making them unable to wage war.

His decorative projects have been showcased around the world and are the artistic focus of many of the most expensive and lavish private residences built in the last century.

Many of the capital's biggest names, for example, turned out on Tuesday night for a dinner at Villa Firenze, the lavish residence of the Italian Ambassador.

Government offices were re-established in lavish residences originally constructed for members of the Taira clan.

It was one of the most lavish private residences in the world.

Good employed Millard F. Giesey, a Wheeling architect to construct his lavish residence.

When Hideyoshi was building his lavish residence at Fushimi the following year, he remarked that he wished its construction and decoration to be pleasing to Rikyū.