Finland · 19th century
The Government Palace (Finnish: Valtioneuvoston linna, Swedish: Statsrådsborgen) is the executive office building of the Government of Finland. It overlooks the Senate Square in central Helsinki, Finland. The Government Palace houses the Prime Minister's Office, the Office of the Chancellor of Justice and most departments of the Ministry of Finance. Its former name is the Senate House (Senaatintalo). The building is usually not open to the public but on occasions there are open days.
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Government Palace (Finland) ranks #1,667 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #11 of the 27 mapped in Finland. Founded 1822, it is older than 10% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 717 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,432 times in the last 60 days, more than 74% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Helsinki, 1 km away. See how Finland compares in the castle statistics.
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