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The '''Summer Palace''' is the current colloquial name for the '''Réoran Palace''', the former royal court of the House of Carrateó, and the current summer residence for the Royal Family of Casilló y Réal. Located in the center of the city of Eleçeron, the palace sits strategically atop the cliffs on the western bank of the Río Dorado. It is directly across via the Sofía Bridge from the Assembly District, which houses the recognizable landmarks of the Assembly Halls, and the Cathedral of Saint Emmanuel Vancia, the former of which is the seat of Corric government.
The Palace was built in the 1540s as the new royal residence of the rulers of Réal, the House of Carrateó. Commissioned by Queen Margarita Benevolencia, the Palace was completed in 1546. The core of the current building, the large rotunda and connected keep, townhomes, and gallery, were built to house the royal court, stables, and offices. Over the next century the structure was expanded by King Marius Sancho, and after the Conquista, Kings Felipe II and III. Due to the high altitude and surrounding climate, the Palace was chosen as the summer residence for the new House of Naranza-Carrateó, providing more comfortable living than the Naranza Palace in Porta Tranquila. It also gave Queen Alicia II the familiarity of living in the same Palace she grew up in.
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