Government Palace (Finland)

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 #1,643 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #11 of the 21 mapped in Finland. Founded 1822, it is older than 11% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 562 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,432 times in the last 60 days, more than 71% 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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