Editing Palace (section)

==Americas==

===Brazil===
[[File:Fachada do Palácio do Planalto - 49728086377.jpg|thumb|The [[Palácio do Planalto|Planalto Palace]], in [[Brasília]], Brazil|left]]
The Brazilian new capital, [[Brasília]], hosts modern palaces, most designed by the city's architect [[Oscar Niemeyer]]. The [[Palácio da Alvorada|Alvorada Palace]] is the [[official residence]] of [[President of Brazil|Brazil's president]]. The [[Palácio do Planalto|Planalto Palace]] is the official workplace. The [[Palácio do Jaburu|Jaburu Palace]] is the official residence of [[Vice President of Brazil|Brazil's vice-president]]. Also [[Rio de Janeiro]], the former capital of the [[Portuguese Empire]] and the [[Empire of Brazil]], houses numerous royal and imperial palaces as the [[Palácio de São Cristóvão|Imperial Palace of São Cristóvão]], former official residence of the [[Emperor of Brazil|Brazil's emperors]], the [[Paço Imperial]], its official workplace and the [[Guanabara Palace]], former residence of [[Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil]] besides palaces of the nobility and aristocracy. The city of [[Petropolis]], in the state of Rio de Janeiro, is mainly known for its palaces of the imperial period, such as the [[Museu Imperial|Petrópolis Palace]] and the [[Palácio do Grão-Pará|Grão-Pará Palace]].

===Canada===
[[File:Ottawa - Rideau Hall.JPG|thumb|[[Rideau Hall]] is one of the official residences for the [[Monarchy of Canada|Canadian monarchy]].]]
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In [[Canada]], [[Government House]] is a title given to the official residences of the [[Monarchy of Canada|Canadian monarchy]] and various [[Viceroy#Commonwealth realms|viceroys]] (the [[Governor General of Canada|governors general]] and the [[Lieutenant governor (Canada)|lieutenant governors]]). Though not universal, in most cases, the title is also the building's sole name; for example, the sovereign's and governor general's principal residence in Ottawa is known as Government House only in formal contexts, being more generally referred to as [[Rideau Hall]]. Government House is an inherited custom from the British Empire, where there were and are many government houses.

Rideau Hall is, since 1867, the official residence in [[Ottawa]] of both the Canadian monarch and his or her representative, the governor general of Canada, and has been described as "Canada's house". It stands in Canada's capital on a {{convert|36|ha|adj=on}} estate at 1 [[Sussex Drive]], with the main building consisting of approximately 175 rooms across {{cvt|9,500|m2}}, and 27 outbuildings around the grounds. While the equivalent structure in many countries has a prominent, central place in the national capital, Rideau Hall's site is relatively unobtrusive within Ottawa, giving it more of the character of a private home.

Along with Rideau Hall, the [[Citadelle of Quebec]], also known as La Citadelle, is an active military installation and official residence of the Canadian monarch and the governor general. It is located atop [[Cap Diamant]], adjoining the [[Plains of Abraham]] in [[Quebec City]], [[Quebec]]. The citadel is the oldest military building in Canada and forms part of the fortifications of Quebec City, which is one of only two cities in North America still surrounded by fortifications. The fortress is located within the historic district of [[Old Québec]], designated a World Heritage Site in 1985.

In addition to the federal residences, most provinces maintain a place for the Canadian monarch and their provincial viceroys and lieutenant governors. There is no government house for the lieutenant governors of [[Lieutenant Governor of Ontario|Ontario]] ([[Government House (Ontario)#Fourth Government House (Chorley Park)|repurposed in 1937 and demolished in 1961]]), [[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec|Quebec]] ([[Government House (Quebec)|destroyed by fire in 1966]]), or [[Lieutenant Governor of Alberta|Alberta]] ([[Government House (Alberta)|closed in 1938 and repurchased and repurposed in 1964]]).

===Mexico===
[[File:Wikimania 2015 15.07.2015 17-00-11.JPG|thumb|right|The ''[[National Palace (Mexico)|Palacio Nacional]]'', or National Palace in [[Mexico City]], built as the residence of the [[List of viceroys of New Spain|viceroys of New Spain]] in 1563]]
The capital of [[Mexico]], [[Mexico City]], is traditionally nicknamed the "City of Palaces"; a nickname usually attributed to [[Alexander von Humboldt]] after he visited the city in the late 18th century and early 19th century, but initially coined by Charles Latrobe, an English traveler who visited Mexico City in 1834 and "got the feeling of living a dream<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nexos.com.mx/?p=24691|title=La Ciudad de los Palacios|access-date=2017-09-01|language=es-ES|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901070923/http://www.nexos.com.mx/?p=24691|archive-date=1 September 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>".

In Central Mexico, the [[Aztec]] emperors built many palaces in the capital of their empire, [[Tenochtitlan]] (modern-day Mexico City), some of which may still be seen. On observing the great city [[Hernán Cortés]] wrote, "There are, in all districts of this great city, many temples or palaces... They are all magnificent buildings. Amongst these temples is one, the principal one, whose great size and magnificence no human tongue could describe,... All around this wall are exquisite quarters with huge rooms and corridors. There are as many as forty towers, all of which are so high that in the case of the largest, there are fifty steps leading up to the main part of it, and the most important of these towers is higher than that of the cathedral of Seville..."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mexicocity.com.mx/anc_city.html|title=Mexico-Tenochtitlan: Ancient City|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611101409/http://www.mexicocity.com.mx/anc_city.html|archive-date=11 June 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In the [[Yucatan]], a well-preserved [[Mayan civilization|Mayan]] palace with a unique four-storey observation tower stands at the [[Palenque]] site, from where [[Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal|Pakal]] reigned over the city-state.

The [[National Palace (Mexico)|National Palace]], or ''Palacio Nacional'', located in Mexico City's main square, the [[Plaza de la Constitución]] (El Zócalo), first built in 1563, is in the heart of the Mexican capital. In 1821, the palace was given its current name, and the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government were housed in the palace; the latter two branches would eventually reside elsewhere. During the [[Second Mexican Empire]], its name was changed, for a time, to the Imperial Palace. The National Palace continues to be the official seat of the executive authority, though it is no longer the president's official residence.

Also in Mexico City is the ''Castillo de Chapultepec'', or [[Chapultepec Castle]], located in the middle of [[Chapultepec Park]], which currently houses the Mexican [[Museo Nacional de Historia|National Museum of History]]. It is the only castle, or palace, in [[North America]] that was occupied by sovereigns – Emperor [[Maximilian I of Mexico]], a member of the [[House of Habsburg]] and his consort, Empress [[Charlotte of Belgium|Carlota of Mexico]], daughter of [[Leopold I of Belgium]]. The palace features many ''objets d'art'' ranging from gifts of [[Napoleon III of France|Napoleon III]] to paintings by [[Franz Xaver Winterhalter]] and Mexican painter Santiago Rebull.

===United States===
{{See also|List of Palaces|List of largest houses in the United States}}
[[File:Hearst Castle.jpg|thumb|right|[[Hearst Castle]] in [[California]]]]
Palaces in the United States include the [[White House]], the [[official residence]] of the [[President of the United States|president]], and the official residences of many governors and [[Roman Catholic]] [[bishops]]. Some palaces of former heads of state or their representatives, such as English and Spanish royal governors and the [[Hawaiian Kingdom|Hawaiian royal family]], still exist.

Examples include: [[ʻIolani Palace]] and [[Hānaiakamalama]], the former homes of the [[Hawaiian monarchy|Hawaiian monarchs]] in [[Honolulu]]; [[Hulihee Palace]] in [[Kailua, Hawaii County, Hawaii|Kailua-Kona, Hawaii]]; The [[Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Virginia)|Governor's Palace]] in [[Williamsburg, Virginia|Williamsburg]], a modern reconstruction of the official residence of the [[Colonial government in the Thirteen Colonies|royal governor]]s of the [[Colony of Virginia]]; [[Tryon Palace]] in [[New Bern, North Carolina|New Bern]], a modern reconstruction of the historical colonial governors' palace of the [[Province of North Carolina]]; and the [[Palace of the Governors]] in [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]] as well as the [[Spanish Governor's Palace]] in [[San Antonio]], Texas, which were residences of both Spanish and Mexican governors.

There are many private buildings or [[mansion]]s in the United States, which, though not called "palaces", have the grandeur typical of a palace, and have been used as residences. [[Hearst Castle]] and the [[Biltmore Estate]] are examples.

===Uruguay===
The [[Palacio Legislativo (Uruguay)|Palacio Legislativo]] (Legislative Palace) is the house of the [[General Assembly of Uruguay|Uruguayan Parliament]].

===Venezuela===
The [[Miraflores Palace|Palacio de Miraflores]] is the setting for the offices of the president of the country.