The Royal Pavilion is a former royal residence located in Brighton, United Kingdom. Known as “London by the Sea”, the city of Brighton is the UK’s most famous seaside holiday resort. Brighton was just a fishing village until 1787 when the Prince George, Prince of Wales, decided to build a spectacular palace there. The Brighton Pavilion was built over the next 20 years. With its oriental stylistic architecture, the Royal Pavilion of Brighton certainly stands out from the other tourist attractions of Britain.

Brighton Pavilion was built in 1784 and purchased in the early nineteenth century. Between 1815 and 1821 the Pavilion was rebuilt under the direction of the architect John Nash who employed a mixture of classical and Indian styles which have been labelled “Hindoo-Gothic”. Decorated in the Chinese taste with an Indian exterior this Regency Palace is quite breathtaking. Details include exuberant stonework, sometimes supported internally by iron cores (for example, the minarets), bulbous oriental domes and unusual crenelation, and exotic decoration. Today, Brighton is still a major British resort, specialty shopping, top restaurants and art galleries are in abundance. A visitor to the city can often observe the cultural and economic extremes side by side in the shops, cafes and clubs.