Presidential palace explained

A presidential palace is the official residence of the president in some countries. Some presidential palaces were once the official residences to monarchs in former monarchies that were preserved during those states' transition into republics. Some other presidential palaces were once the official residencies to governors in former colonies or subnational divisions that were preserved during their transition to independent states.[1]

List

Africa

Country! scope="col"
BuildingNotesImage
AlgeriaEl Mouradia, Algiers
AngolaPresidential Palace, Luanda[2]
BeninPalais de la Marina, Cotonou[3]
BotswanaState House, Gaborone[4]
Cape VerdePalácio Presidencial, Praia
CameroonThe Unity Palace, Yaoundé
Republic of the Congo, Brazzaville
Democratic Republic of the CongoPalais de la Nation, Kinshasa[5]
Côte d'IvoirePresidential Palace, Abidjan
Presidential Palace, Yamoussoukro
DjiboutiPresidential Palace, Djibouti City[6]
EgyptAbdeen Palace, Cairo
Heliopolis Palace, Cairo
Koubbeh Palace, Cairo
Montaza Palace, Alexandria
Ras el-Tin Palace, Alexandria
Equatorial GuineaMalabo Government Building, Malabo
EritreaAsmara President's Office, Asmara
EthiopiaNational Palace, Addis Ababa
GabonPresidential Palace, Libreville[7]
The GambiaState House of the Gambia, Banjul
GhanaJubilee House, Accra
GuineaPresidential Palace, Conakry
Guinea-BissauPresidential Palace, Bissau[8]
KenyaState House, Nairobi
LiberiaExecutive Mansion, Monrovia[9]
MadagascarIavoloha Palace, Antananarivo
Ambohitsorohitra Palace, AntananarivoCeremonial residence
MalawiKamuzu Palace, Lilongwe
MaliPresidential Palace, Bamako[10]
MauritaniaPresidential Palace, Nouakchott
MauritiusState House, Reduit
MozambiquePalácio da Ponta Vermelha, Maputo
NamibiaState House of Namibia, Windhoek
NigerPresidential Palace, Niamey
NigeriaNigerian Presidential Complex, Abuja
RwandaUrugwiro, Kigali
São Tomé and PríncipePresidential Palace, São Tomé[11]
SenegalPresidential Palace, Dakar[12]
SeychellesState House, Victoria
Sierra LeoneState House, Freetown
SomaliaVilla Somalia, Mogadishu
SomalilandSomaliland Presidential Palace, Hargeisa
South AfricaMahlamba Ndlopfu, Pretoria[13]
King's House, Durban
Genadendal Residence, Cape Town
South SudanPresidential Palace, Juba[14]
SudanPresidential Palace, Khartoum
TanzaniaIkulu, Dar es Salaam
TogoPalace of the Governors, Lomé
TunisiaCarthage Palace, Tunis
UgandaState House, Kampala
State House, Entebbe[15]
ZambiaState House, Lusaka[16]
ZimbabweState House, Harare, State House, Bulawayocurrent residence
Zimbabwe House, Harare
Blue Roof, Harareformer residence

Americas

Country! scope="col"
BuildingNotesImage
ArgentinaCasa Rosada, Buenos AiresGovernment office
Quinta de Olivos, Buenos Aires ProvinceOfficial residence
BarbadosState House, BridgetownOfficial residence
BoliviaCasa Grande del Pueblo, La Paz
BrazilPalácio da Alvorada, BrasiliaOfficial residence
Palácio do Planalto, BrasiliaOfficial workplace
ChileLa Moneda Palace, Santiago de ChileOfficial office
Palacio Presidencial de Cerro Castillo, Viña del MarSummer residence
ColombiaCasa de Nariño, BogotáOfficial residence
Costa RicaCasa Presidencial, San José[17]
CubaPresidential Palace, HavanaHas been a museum since 1959
Palacio de la Revolucion, Havana
DominicaGovernment House, Roseau
Dominican RepublicNational Palace, Santo Domingo
EcuadorCarondelet Palace, Quito
El SalvadorCasa Presidencial, San Salvador
GuatemalaNational Palace, Guatemala City
GuyanaState House, Georgetown
HaitiNational Palace, Port-au-Prince
HondurasPresidential Palace, Tegucigalpa[18]
MexicoNational Palace, Mexico CityOfficial residence
NicaraguaPresidential Palace, Managua[19]
House of Peoples, Managua
PanamaPalacio de las Garzas, Panama City
ParaguayPalacio de los López, Asunción
PeruGovernment Palace, Lima
SurinameGouvernementsgebouw, Paramaribo
Trinidad and TobagoPresident's House, Port of Spain
United StatesWhite House, Washington, D.C.Official residence
UruguayExecutive Tower, MontevideoGovernment office
Residencia de Suárez, MontevideoOfficial residence
VenezuelaMiraflores Palace, CaracasGovernment office
La CasonaOfficial residence

Asia

Country! scope="col"
BuildingNotesImage
AfghanistanArg, KabulMeeting place of the Cabinet of Afghanistan[20]
ArmeniaPresident's House, Yerevan
AzerbaijanZagulba Presidential Residence, BakuBuilt in 2008
BangladeshBangabhaban, DhakaBuilt in 1905
ChinaZhongnanhai, BeijingHeadquarters of the Chinese Communist Party
Presidential Palace, GuangzhouDestroyed in 1922, rebuilt as Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
Presidential Palace, NanjingFormer residence from 1927 to 1949, now a museum
CyprusPresidential Palace, Nicosia
East TimorNicolau Lobato Presidential Palace, Dili
IndiaRashtrapati Bhavan, New DelhiOfficial residence
Rashtrapati Nilayam, HyderabadWinter retreat
Rashtrapati Niwas, ShimlaSummer retreat
The Retreat Building, Shimla
IndonesiaIstana Merdeka, Jakarta
Istana Negara, Jakarta
Istana Cipanas, Cipanas
Istana Bogor, Bogor
Gedung Agung, Yogyakarta
Istana Tampaksiring, Bali
IranSa'dabad Palace, Tehran; Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran
IraqRadwaniyah Palace, Baghdad
IsraelBeit HaNassi, Jerusalem
KazakhstanAk Orda Presidential Palace, Astana
North KoreaRyongsong Residence, PyongyangCurrent residence
Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, PyongyangFormer residence
South KoreaPresidential Residence of South Korea, SeoulCurrent residence
Blue House, SeoulFormer residence
KyrgyzstanWhite House, Bishkek
Ala Archa State Residence, BishkekCurrent residence
LaosPresidential Palace, Vientiane
LebanonBaabda Palace, Beirut
MaldivesMuliaage, MaléBuilt in 1914, as the royal palace for Crown Prince Izzuddin
MongoliaGovernment Palace, Ulan BatorAlso seat of government
MyanmarPresidential Palace, NaypyidawPresidential Residence and Office
NepalRastrapati Bhawan, Kathmandu
PakistanAiwan-e-Sadr, Islamabad
State of PalestineMukataa
PhilippinesMalacañang Palace, ManilaOfficial residence and workplace
SingaporeIstana, Singapore
Sri LankaPresident's House, Colombo
President's Pavilion, Kandy
SyriaPresidential Palace, Damascus
Tishreen Palace, Damascus
TaiwanPresidential Office Building, Taipei
TajikistanPalace of Nations, Dushanbe[21]
TurkeyPresidential Compound (Turkey)
TurkmenistanOguzkhan Palace, Ashgabat
UzbekistanOk Saroy Presidential Palace, TashkentFormer residence[22]
DurmenFormer residence
Kuksaroy Presidential Palace, TashkentCurrent residence
United Arab EmiratesQasr Al Watan, Abu DhabiSeat of government[23]
VietnamPresidential Palace, Hanoi
YemenPresidential Palace, Sanaa

Europe

Country! scope="col"
BuildingNotesImage
AlbaniaPresidential Palace of Tirana
AustriaHofburg Palace, Vienna
BelarusPresidential Palace, Minsk
Bosnia and HerzegovinaPresidency Building, Sarajevo
BulgariaPresidential Palace, Sofia
CroatiaPresidential Palace, Zagreb
Czech RepublicPrague Castle, PragueMain residence
The Lány Chateau, LánySecondary residence
EstoniaPresidential Palace, Tallinn
FinlandPresidential Palace, Helsinki
FranceÉlysée Palace, Paris
GermanyBellevue Palace, BerlinPrimary residence
Villa Hammerschmidt, BonnSecondary residence
GeorgiaOrbeliani Presidential Palace, Tbilisi
GreecePresidential Mansion, Athens
HungarySándor Palace, Budapest
IcelandBessastaðir, Álftanes
Republic of IrelandÁras an Uachtaráin, Dublin
ItalyQuirinal Palace, Rome
LatviaRiga Castle, Riga
LithuaniaPresidential Palace, Vilnius
North MacedoniaVilla Vodno, Skopje
MaltaSan Anton Palace, AttardOfficial residence
Verdala Palace, SiġġiewiSummer residence
MoldovaPresidential Palace, Chișinău[24]
MontenegroBlue Palace, Cetinje
PolandPresidential Palace, WarsawOfficial workplace
Belweder, WarsawOfficial residence
PortugalBelém Palace, Lisbon
RomaniaCotroceni Palace, Bucharest
RussiaGrand Kremlin Palace, MoscowCeremonial residence
Kremlin Senate, MoscowWorking residence
SerbiaNovi Dvor, Belgrade
SlovakiaGrassalkovich Palace, BratislavaOfficial workplace
Hohenlohe Hunting LodgeRecreational residence
SloveniaPresidential Palace, LjubljanaAlso seat of government
SwitzerlandNo official presidential residence.Seat of the government in the Federal Palace of Switzerland.
UkraineMariinskyi Palace, Kyiv

Oceania

Country! scope="col"
BuildingNotesImage
FijiGovernment House, Suva[25]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Turkey's president moves into world's biggest palace costing £384 million. Telegraph.co.uk. 2017-07-13. en.
  2. Web site: Palace (in Angola). Roctest Group. 8 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221171324/http://www.roctest-group.com/node/510. 21 February 2014. dead.
  3. Web site: Palace (in Benin). 2020-05-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20160313090223/http://www.palais-marina.bj/. 2016-03-13. dead.
  4. Web site: Entrance to the Presidential Palace, Gaborone, Botswana. www.agefotostock.com. 25 March 2013.
  5. Web site: Photo of Palais de la Nation, Kinshasa, DRC. Panoramio. 6 February 2014.
  6. Web site: Presidential Palaces Djibouti, Kenya iyo Somalia. somalinet. so. 5 February 2014.
  7. News: Landmarks in Gabon, Africa. USA Today. 8 February 2014.
  8. News: Guinea-Bissau Opens China-Funded Presidential Palace. Fox News. 6 July 2013. 5 February 2014.
  9. http://allafrica.com/stories/201308291200.html Executive Mansion in 'Terrible Condition' - Gongloe Raises Alarms
  10. Web site: The Presidential Palace, Bamako, Mali. www.myspace.com. 27 March 2013.
  11. Web site: Presidential Palace - Picture of Sao Tome Island. tripadvisor.co.uk. 8 February 2014.
  12. Web site: Presidential Palace Senegal. 2 September 2011. Wordpress. 5 February 2014.
  13. Web site: Presidential Buildings .
  14. News: New Office of the President Opens in Juba . 23 August 2011. gurtong.net. 15 July 2013.
  15. Web site: State House of Uganda - History. statehouse.go.ug. 14 July 2013.
  16. Web site: State House of the Republic of Zambia. statehouse.gov.zm. 15 July 2013.
  17. Web site: Official website of the Casa Presidencial, Costa Rica. es. www.presidencia.go.cr. 18 July 2013.
  18. Web site: Presidential palace from the hotel - Tegucigalpa. tripadvisor.com. 15 July 2013.
  19. Web site: Presidential Palace, Managua, Nicaragua - Tripomatic . tripomatic.com. 15 July 2013.
  20. News: 3-Day Cabinet Meeting Held in Kandahar . 20 April 2022 . . 24 March 2022.
  21. Web site: The Tajik Presidential Palace in Dushanbe, Tajikistan . photobucket.com. 16 July 2013.
  22. News: Upmarket houses along road- Karimov to feel safer. 6 December 2012. www.uznews.net. 25 March 2013.
  23. Web site: Qasr Al Watan . Qasr Al Watan . 2019-04-21.
  24. Web site: Presidential Palace, Chisinau. www.virtualtourist.com. 16 July 2013.
  25. Web site: Guards at the Presidential Palace, Suva. beautifulpacific.com. 16 July 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140908154622/http://www.beautifulpacific.com/pictures/fiji/viti-levu/suva-guards.php. 8 September 2014.

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