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Palace of Nations

The Palace of Nations is the home of the United Nations Office at Geneva, located in , Switzerland. It was built between 1929 and 1938 to serve as the headquarters of the League of Nations.
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  • Type: Public building
  • Description: building in Geneva, Switzerland
  • Address: Avenue de la Paix 8 - 14, Genève

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Musée Ariana and ICRC.

Museum
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The , also known as the Musée suisse de la céramique et du verre, is a museum in , . It is devoted to ceramic and glass artwork, and contains around 20,000 objects from the last 1,200 years, representing the historic, geographic, artistic and technological breadth of glass and ceramic manufacture during this time. is situated 160 metres west of Palace of Nations.

Museum
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The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum is a museum located in , . is situated 360 metres northwest of Palace of Nations.

Work of art
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The grounds of the Palais des Nations contain many fine objects donated by member states of the United Nations, private sponsors and artists. in the Ariana Park of the Palais des Nations is the best-known of these. is situated 110 metres east of Palace of Nations.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sécheron and Le Grand-Saconnex.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Town
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is a municipality of the , Switzerland. Several international organizations and permanent missions to the United Nations are located in Grand Saconnex.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Palace of Nations

Latitude
46.22571° or 46° 13′ 33″ north
Longitude
6.14086° or 6° 8′ 27″ east
Elevation
425 metres (1,394 feet)
Inception
1936
Operator
Organisation des Nations Unies
Open location code
8FR864GR+78
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1204850778
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­government
Geo­Names ID
11777735
Wiki­data ID
Q594846
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Palace of Nations” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قصر الأمم”
  • Arabic: “قصر ملل”
  • Arpitan: “Palès de les Nacions”
  • Azerbaijani: “Millətlər Sarayı”
  • Basque: “Nazioen Jauregia”
  • Belarusian: “Палац Нацый”
  • Belarusian: “Палац нацыяў”
  • Bengali: “প্যালেস অব ন্যাশনস”
  • Catalan: “Palau de les Nacions”
  • Chinese: “万国宫”
  • Czech: “Palác národů”
  • Dutch: “Palais des Nations”
  • Esperanto: “Palaco de Nacioj”
  • Finnish: “Kansojen palatsi”
  • Finnish: “Palais des Nations”
  • French: “palais des Nations”
  • French: “Palais des Nations”
  • German: “Palais des Nations”
  • German: “Palast der Nationen”
  • German: “Völkerbundpalast”
  • Greek: “Μέγαρο των Εθνών”
  • Hebrew: “ארמון האומות”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Bangsa-Bangsa”
  • Indonesian: “Palais des Nations”
  • Italian: “Palais des Nations”
  • Italian: “Palazzo delle Nazioni”
  • Japanese: “パレ・デ・ナシオン”
  • Javanese: “Kadhaton Bangsa-Bangsa”
  • Korean: “팔레 데 나시옹”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Palais des Nations”
  • Norwegian: “Palais des Nations”
  • Ossetian: “Нациты Галуан”
  • Persian: “قصر ملل”
  • Persian: “کاخ ملل”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio das Nações”
  • Romanian: “Palatul Națiunilor”
  • Russian: “Дворец Наций”
  • Russian: “ООН. Дворец наций”
  • Slovenian: “Palača Narodov”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de las Naciones”
  • Swedish: “Nationernas palats”
  • Tamil: “நாடுகளின் அரண்மனை”
  • Tatar: “Милләтләр Сарае”
  • Thai: “ปาแลเดนาซียง”
  • Turkish: “Milletler Sarayı”
  • Ukrainian: “Палац Націй”
  • Vietnamese: “Cung vạn quốc”
  • Vietnamese: “Palais des Nations”

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