Government Palace, Helsinki

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government building neoclassical building seat of government

The Government Palace in Helsinki is a prominent neoclassical building on Senate Square that serves as the main seat of Finland’s central government offices.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Council of State building, Helsinki	1
Helsinki Senate Square	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government building ⓘ neoclassical building ⓘ seat of government ⓘ
architect	Carl Ludvig Engel ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
country	Finland ⓘ
facing	Helsinki Cathedral ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Council of State Palace ⓘ Valtioneuvoston linna ⓘ
hasColor	yellow ⓘ
hasConstructionType	masonry building ⓘ
hasCoordinateLocation	60.169°N 24.952°E ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	symbol of Finnish central government ⓘ
hasFacadeFeature	colonnade ⓘ pediment ⓘ
hasNearby	Bank of Finland building ⓘ Helsinki City Hall ⓘ University of Helsinki Main Building ⓘ surface form: University of Helsinki main building
hasNumberOfFloors	3 ⓘ
hasPostalCode	FI-00170 Helsinki ⓘ
hasStreetAddress	Snellmaninkatu 1, Helsinki ⓘ
hasSymmetry	symmetrical main facade ⓘ
hasUrbanContext	Helsinki Senate Square ⓘ surface form: Empire-style city plan of Helsinki
heritageDesignation	culturally significant built heritage site (Finland) ⓘ
inception	1822 ⓘ
locatedIn	Helsinki ⓘ Helsinki Senate Square ⓘ surface form: Senate Square, Helsinki
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Uusimaa ⓘ
locatedInOldTown	Kruununhaka ⓘ surface form: Kruununhaka, Helsinki
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern European Time ⓘ
locatedNearBodyOfWater	Gulf of Finland ⓘ surface form: Gulf of Finland (Baltic Sea)
mainFunction	seat of Finland’s central government offices ⓘ
maintainedBy	Senate Properties ⓘ
materialUsed	stone ⓘ
occupant	Finnish government ⓘ surface form: Finnish Government offices Prime Minister's Office of Finland ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister’s Office of Finland
overlooks	Helsinki Senate Square ⓘ surface form: Senate Square, Helsinki
ownedBy	Finnish government ⓘ surface form: Government of Finland
partOf	Empire-style center of Helsinki ⓘ Helsinki Senate Square ⓘ surface form: Helsinki city centre
publicAccess	restricted ⓘ
region	Southern Finland ⓘ
roofMaterial	metal ⓘ
usedFor	administrative functions of the Finnish Government ⓘ government meetings ⓘ offices of ministers ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Ministry of Defence of Finland → locatedInBuilding → Government Palace, Helsinki ⓘ

House of the Estates, Helsinki → locatedNear → Government Palace, Helsinki ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of State building, Helsinki

Council of State → meetsAt → Government Palace, Helsinki ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of State (Finland)

Finnish government → meetsAt → Government Palace, Helsinki ⓘ

Presidential Palace, Helsinki → near → Government Palace, Helsinki ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helsinki Senate Square