Official Residences Around the World

Official Residences Around the World - Abby Clouse-Radigan

Completed in 1800 in the new City of Washington, the White House, like its European predecessors, would be a home and office for the president of the United States, and the setting for state functions and ceremonies. With this book, Official Residences Around the World, the White House can be seen in a global context. This survey of official residences and offices of some fifty nations, is a unique look at their histories, architecture, and uses. Many of these official residences are designated for heads of state—elected presidents and hereditary royal families with ceremonial roles. Others are designated for heads of government—prime ministers and chancellors with executive power. These national landmarks represent nearly one thousand years of building and renovating beginning with Prague Castle in the twelfth century. The thirteenth century marked the beginnings of Austria’s Hofburg, Monaco’s Prince’s Palace, Morocco’s Royal Palace, and the Moscow Kremlin’s stone walls.