Old Royal Palace of Greece

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neoclassical building palace seat of parliament

The Old Royal Palace of Greece is a 19th-century neoclassical palace in central Athens that originally housed the Greek royal family and now serves as the seat of the Hellenic Parliament.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form As subject As object
Hellenic Parliament Building 0 3
Hellenic Parliament building 0 3
Royal Palace of Athens 0 2
Presidential Mansion, Athens 0 1
Royal Palace, Athens 0 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf neoclassical building →
palace →
seat of parliament →
adjacentTo Amalias Avenue →
Filellinon Street →
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens) →
Vasilissis Sofias Avenue →
architect Friedrich von Gärtner →
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture →
completionDate 1843 →
country Greece →
currentFunction parliament building →
seat of the Hellenic Parliament →
formerOccupant Greek royal family →
Otto of Greece →
surface form: King Otto of Greece
hasFeature balconies →
central courtyard →
ceremonial halls →
colonnaded façade →
committee rooms →
garden at the rear →
Hellenic Parliament →
surface form: library of the Hellenic Parliament

main entrance facing Syntagma Square →
monumental staircase →
offices of Members of Parliament →
plenary chamber of the Hellenic Parliament →
symmetrical plan →
hasNameInGreek Παλαιά Ανάκτορα →
heritageDesignation listed building →
inception 19th century →
locatedIn central Athens →
location Athens →
Syntagma Square →
materialUsed Pentelic marble →
limestone →
nearby Ermou Street →
National Garden of Athens →
Plaka neighborhood →
occupant Hellenic Parliament →
originalFunction royal palace →
royal residence →
ownedBy Greece →
surface form: Hellenic Republic
significantEvent Greek parliamentary sessions →
state ceremonies of Greece →
startDate 1836 →
usedAs royal residence until early 20th century →
seat of the Hellenic Parliament since 1930s →

Referenced by (12)

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

Hellenic Parliament → buildingFormerUse → Old Royal Palace of Greece →
Syntagma Square → hasLandmark → Old Royal Palace of Greece →
this entity surface form: Hellenic Parliament building
Syntagma metro station → hasNearbyLandmark → Old Royal Palace of Greece →
this entity surface form: Hellenic Parliament Building
Plateia Syntagmatos → hasViewOf → Old Royal Palace of Greece →
this entity surface form: Hellenic Parliament building
Maximos Mansion → isInProximityTo → Old Royal Palace of Greece →
this entity surface form: Hellenic Parliament building
plenary chamber of the Hellenic Parliament → locatedIn → Old Royal Palace of Greece →
this entity surface form: Hellenic Parliament Building
Government of Greece → meetsIn → Old Royal Palace of Greece →
this entity surface form: Hellenic Parliament Building
King George II of Greece → residence → Old Royal Palace of Greece →
subject surface form: George II of Greece
this entity surface form: Royal Palace, Athens
King George I of Greece → residence → Old Royal Palace of Greece →
this entity surface form: Royal Palace of Athens
King of the Hellenes → residence → Old Royal Palace of Greece →
this entity surface form: Royal Palace of Athens
President of the Hellenic Republic → residence → Old Royal Palace of Greece →
this entity surface form: Presidential Mansion, Athens