Republican Palace

The Republican Palace (Arabic: القصر الجمهوري, al-Qaṣr al-Jumhūriy) is a palace in Baghdad, Iraq, constructed on the orders of King Faisal II and completed in the early 1960's. It was the third royal palace built during the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq after Al-Rehab Palace and Al Zohour Palace. The palace was the administrative location of the Iraqi Presidency starting with the presidency of Abdul Salam Arif in 1963 until Saddam Hussein in 2003.

The palace was spared during the 2003 invasion of Iraq and was used as the Multi-National Force – Iraq coalition headquarters during the U.S. Occupation of Iraq as well as the American diplomatic mission in Iraq until 1 January 2009 when it was returned to the Iraqi Presidency. The area around the palace became known as the Green Zone.

Text adapted from “Republican Palace, Baghdad” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Republican Palace ranks #1,753 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #6 of the 14 mapped in Iraq. Founded 1958 — one of 177 atlas entries founded in the 20th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 7,277 times in the last 60 days, more than 89% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Iraq compares in the castle statistics.

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