Apostolic Palace

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building complex official residence palace papal residence

The Apostolic Palace is the official residence and administrative headquarters of the Pope within Vatican City, housing papal apartments, chapels, and key offices of the Catholic Church.

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Observed surface forms (16)

Surface form Occurrences
Apostolic Palace, Vatican City 4
Papal Apartments 2
Papal Palace 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf building complex ⓘ
official residence ⓘ
palace ⓘ
papal residence ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Apostolic Palace ⓘ
surface form: Palace of the Vatican

Apostolic Palace ⓘ
surface form: Papal Apartments

Apostolic Palace ⓘ
surface form: Papal Palace

Apostolic Palace ⓘ
surface form: Vatican Palace
architecturalStyle Baroque architecture ⓘ
Renaissance architecture ⓘ
controlledBy Holy See ⓘ
country Vatican City ⓘ
function administrative ⓘ
religious ⓘ
residential ⓘ
hasPart Apostolic Palace self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Borgia Apartments

Apostolic Palace self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cappella Paolina

Apostolic Palace self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Papal Apartments

Vatican Museums ⓘ
surface form: Raphael Rooms

Sala Regia ⓘ
Secretariat of State ⓘ
surface form: Secretariat of State offices

Vatican Museums ⓘ
surface form: Sistine Chapel

Vatican Library areas ⓘ
Vatican Museums access areas ⓘ
papal private chapel ⓘ
heritageDesignation Apostolic Palace self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Vatican City"
inception 15th century ⓘ
locatedIn Vatican Hill ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Vatican City ⓘ
locatedNear St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ
location Vatican City ⓘ
nativeLanguage Italian ⓘ
nativeName Apostolic Palace self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Palazzo Apostolico
occupant Pope ⓘ
overlooks St. Peter's Square ⓘ
ownedBy Holy See ⓘ
partOf Vatican City ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
replaces earlier papal palaces at the Vatican ⓘ
significantEvent papal audiences ⓘ
papal blessings ⓘ
papal conclaves (historical) in Sistine Chapel ⓘ
signing of papal documents ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Vatican City ⓘ
use administrative headquarters of the Holy See ⓘ
administrative offices of the Catholic Church ⓘ
official residence of the Pope ⓘ
papal apartments ⓘ
religious ceremonies ⓘ
visitorAccess papal apartments generally closed to the public ⓘ
partly open to the public via Vatican Museums ⓘ

Referenced by (69)

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

Scala Regia (Vatican) → partOf → Apostolic Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vatican Apostolic Palace
Pope Pius X → placeOfDeath → Apostolic Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
Pope Alexander VI → residence → Apostolic Palace ⓘ
Pope John Paul II → residence → Apostolic Palace ⓘ
Pope Julius II → residence → Apostolic Palace ⓘ
Giovanni → residence → Apostolic Palace ⓘ
subject surface form: Pope Julius III
Pope Paul V → residence → Apostolic Palace ⓘ
Pope Pius XII → residence → Apostolic Palace ⓘ
Pope Urban VIII → residence → Apostolic Palace ⓘ
Sixtus V → residence → Apostolic Palace ⓘ
Sovereign of the Papal States → residence → Apostolic Palace ⓘ
Pope Benedict XVI → residenceAsPope → Apostolic Palace ⓘ
Pope John XXIII → residenceAsPope → Apostolic Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
Sacred Congregation of the Council → seat → Apostolic Palace ⓘ
Holy See → significantBuilding → Apostolic Palace ⓘ
Holy See → significantBuilding → Apostolic Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sistine Chapel
Vatican City flag → usedOn → Apostolic Palace ⓘ