People's Palace
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"The Crystal Palace of 1851 was the astonishment and delight of the millions who visited it, and long will the recollection of its glories remain impressed upon their minds. But the new Palace of Glass-the Palace of the People-has, to an immeasurable extent, increased the attractions and advantages that belonged to its predecessor."--Tallis's History and Description of the Crystal Palace |
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The term "people's palace" is somewhat a contradictio in terminis, since ordinary people do not live in palaces, and aristocracy built palaces for their private residences. Music halls and cinema's have also been called the people's palaces. Ironically, many historic palaces are now put to other uses such as parliaments, museums, hotels or office buildings and the word is also used to describe a lavish public building which was never a residence; this use may be intended to convey that the building is a "people's palace", where a sort of civic consciousness resides. The Palazzo del Popolo ("People's Palace") in Todi, Italy was one of the first "communal palaces."
Examples
- People's Palace, Adelaide, a former Salvation Army hostel in Australia
- People's Palace, Brisbane, a former temperance hotel in Australia
- People's Palace, Djibouti City, a monument in Djibouti City, Djibouti
- People's Palace, Glasgow, a museum and glasshouse in Glasgow, Scotland
- People's Palace, Mile End, built in 1886 in the East End of London, and now part of Queen Mary University of London
- People's Palace, the Presidential Palace in Damascus, Syria
- Alexandra Palace, London, also called "The People's Palace"
- Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, formerly known as "Palace of the People"
- People's Palace (Algiers), a public building in Algiers
- Palais du Peuple (Guinea), a parliament building in Guinea
- Palais du Peuple (Kinshasa), a parliament building in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Sultan's Palace, Zanzibar, formerly "The People's Palace"
- People's Palace, Khartoum, between 1971 and 1985, now the Republican Palace, Khartoum
See also
- Volkshuis, Proletkult, Palazzo del popolo, Palaces of the people, Volkspaleizen, Narodnye doma
- First public art museum
- Todi's People Palace
- Proletkult
