Union buildings, Pretoria

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government building complex national heritage site seat of government

The Union Buildings in Pretoria are a grand sandstone government complex that serves as the official seat of the South African government and the offices of the President.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Union Buildings, Pretoria	9
Union buildings, Pretoria canonical	2
Union Buildings Delville Wood Memorial (Pretoria)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government building complex ⓘ national heritage site ⓘ seat of government ⓘ
architect	Herbert Baker ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Cape Dutch revival elements ⓘ Edwardian ⓘ Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
capitalFunction	seat of the executive branch of South Africa ⓘ
cityStatusContext	Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Pretoria is one of South Africa's three capital cities
constructionStartDate	1909 ⓘ
coordinates	25.7406°S 28.2120°E ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
function	offices of the President of South Africa ⓘ official seat of the Government of South Africa ⓘ
governingBody	Government of South Africa ⓘ
hasGardenFeature	indigenous plants ⓘ memorials and monuments ⓘ terraced lawns ⓘ
hasPart	amphitheatre ⓘ central domed section ⓘ formal terraced gardens ⓘ statues and memorials ⓘ two bell towers ⓘ two wings ⓘ
hasStatue	Nelson Mandela statue ⓘ
height	approximately 285 metres above Pretoria city centre ⓘ
heritageStatus	National Heritage Site of South Africa ⓘ
houses	Government of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Presidency of South Africa various government departments ⓘ
inaugurationDate	1913 ⓘ
locatedIn	City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality ⓘ surface form: City of Tshwane Gauteng ⓘ Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Pretoria
locatedOn	Meintjieskop ⓘ
materialUsed	sandstone ⓘ
near	Loftus Versfeld Stadium ⓘ Pretoria CBD ⓘ
NelsonMandelaStatueUnveiled	2013-12-16 ⓘ
notableEvent	inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President in 1994 ⓘ major anti-apartheid demonstrations ⓘ
openingDate	1913-11-03 ⓘ
overlooks	Pretoria CBD ⓘ surface form: Pretoria city centre
owner	Government of South Africa ⓘ surface form: South African government
symbolizes	national unity of South Africa ⓘ union of former Boer republics and British colonies ⓘ
usedFor	national celebrations ⓘ presidential inaugurations ⓘ state ceremonies ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Herbert Baker → notableWork → Union buildings, Pretoria ⓘ

Herbert Baker → designed → Union buildings, Pretoria ⓘ

President of South Africa → oathLocation → Union buildings, Pretoria ⓘ