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Buckingham Palace

Palaces and Aristocratic Residences

Buckingham Palace is a royal residence in London and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom, located in the City of Westminster. It is often the setting for state occasions and royal hospitality, and it has served as a focal point for the British public at moments of national celebration and mourning.

Facts
Building Type
Palace 1
Location
London, England 1
Completed Year
1703 2
Completed Year
1837 1
Year the palace became the London residence of the British monarch, on Queen Victoria's accession; the building itself was constructed in phases from 1703 onward, with its current east front dating to 1913.
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Palace 1
Connections

Has Building Type

Palace, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

The palaces facade is Neoclassical.

In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Buckingham Palace
Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, opening sentence describing it as a royal residence
    Buckingham Palace is a royal residence and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom in London, England.
  • Lead paragraph, opening sentence naming London, England
    Buckingham Palace is a royal residence and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom in London, England.
  • Lead paragraph, sentence on Queen Victoria's 1837 accession
    Buckingham Palace became the London residence of the British monarch on the accession of Queen Victoria in June 1837.
  • standing status determination, wikipedia summary
    The state rooms, used for official and state entertaining, are open to the public each year for most of the summer and on selected days in winter and spring.
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2. Wikidata: Buckingham Palace
  • Wikidata Q42182, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q42182, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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