Palace of Nations
E210183
The Palace of Nations is a grand complex in Geneva, Switzerland, that serves as the European headquarters of the United Nations and a major center for international diplomacy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Palace of Nations canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1889699 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Palace of Nations Context triple: [Broken Chair, installedInFrontOf, Palace of Nations]
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A.
Palace of the Nation
The Palace of the Nation is a historic neoclassical government building in Brussels that serves as the seat of Belgium’s federal parliament.
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B.
National Palace of Culture
The National Palace of Culture is a large multifunctional conference and exhibition center in Sofia, Bulgaria, known as one of the Balkans’ major cultural and event venues.
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C.
Palace of the Republic
The Palace of the Republic was a prominent modernist parliamentary and cultural building in former East Berlin that housed the East German legislature and served as a major social and event venue.
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D.
Itamaraty Palace
Itamaraty Palace is the modernist headquarters of Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Brasília, renowned for its striking architecture by Oscar Niemeyer and its role in Brazilian diplomacy.
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E.
Sarajevo City Hall
Sarajevo City Hall is a historic neo-Moorish landmark in Sarajevo that has served as the city’s former national library and a symbol of its cultural heritage and wartime destruction and restoration.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Palace of Nations Target entity description: The Palace of Nations is a grand complex in Geneva, Switzerland, that serves as the European headquarters of the United Nations and a major center for international diplomacy.
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A.
Palace of the Nation
The Palace of the Nation is a historic neoclassical government building in Brussels that serves as the seat of Belgium’s federal parliament.
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B.
National Palace of Culture
The National Palace of Culture is a large multifunctional conference and exhibition center in Sofia, Bulgaria, known as one of the Balkans’ major cultural and event venues.
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C.
Palace of the Republic
The Palace of the Republic was a prominent modernist parliamentary and cultural building in former East Berlin that housed the East German legislature and served as a major social and event venue.
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D.
Itamaraty Palace
Itamaraty Palace is the modernist headquarters of Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Brasília, renowned for its striking architecture by Oscar Niemeyer and its role in Brazilian diplomacy.
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E.
Sarajevo City Hall
Sarajevo City Hall is a historic neo-Moorish landmark in Sarajevo that has served as the city’s former national library and a symbol of its cultural heritage and wartime destruction and restoration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building complex
ⓘ
headquarters ⓘ landmark ⓘ |
| architect |
Camille Lefèvre
ⓘ
Carlo Broggi ⓘ Henri-Paul Nénot NERFINISHED ⓘ Julien Flegenheimer ⓘ József Vágó ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Beaux-Arts
ⓘ
surface form:
Beaux-Arts architecture
neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1938 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1929 ⓘ |
| coordinates | 46.2267° N, 6.1400° E ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| floorArea | approximately 100000 square meters ⓘ |
| formerFunction | headquarters of the League of Nations ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Assembly Hall
ⓘ
Council Chamber ⓘ Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room ⓘ numerous conference rooms ⓘ |
| hasGarden |
Ariana Park
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surface form:
Ariana Park gardens
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| heritageStatus | important 20th-century diplomatic site ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 1936 ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ariana Park
ⓘ
canton of Geneva ⓘ
surface form:
Canton of Geneva
Geneva ⓘ Place des Nations, Geneva ⓘ
surface form:
Geneva’s international district
|
| nearby |
Broken Chair sculpture
ⓘ
surface form:
Broken Chair monument
Place des Nations ⓘ |
| numberOfConferenceRooms | about 34 ⓘ |
| numberOfOffices | about 2800 ⓘ |
| operator |
UN Office at Geneva
ⓘ
surface form:
United Nations Office at Geneva
|
| ownedBy | United Nations ⓘ |
| partOf |
United Nations Headquarters
ⓘ
surface form:
United Nations headquarters system
|
| precededBy |
Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations
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surface form:
League of Nations headquarters in Geneva
|
| publicTransit | served by Geneva public transport network ⓘ |
| region | Europe ⓘ |
| servesAs |
European headquarters of the United Nations
ⓘ
center for international diplomacy ⓘ seat of the United Nations Office at Geneva ⓘ |
| usedFor |
international conferences
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meetings of UN bodies ⓘ multilateral diplomacy ⓘ treaty negotiations ⓘ |
| visitorAccess | guided tours ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Palace of Nations Description of subject: The Palace of Nations is a grand complex in Geneva, Switzerland, that serves as the European headquarters of the United Nations and a major center for international diplomacy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Broken Chair