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2011 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup d'état attempt

Six people died after being stopped by soldiers at a roadblock near the Kinshasa Presidential Palace.

Grounation Day

hence grounation, Iyaric equivalent of foundation, "uplifted" with the sound of the word ground in the sense of "making contact with the soil" He was then driven to the King's House, the residence of Governor-General Clifford Campbell.

Palace of Zarzuela

The Royal Palace in the centre of Madrid, the former principal residence of the Spanish kings, is the official residence of the King, although it is only used for state occasions.


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Albaro

For a period, it was Lord Byron's official residence, when the romantic poet lived in Genoa.

Aldersgate

Aldersgate Street contained the Bishop of London's chapel and his chambers at London House, which was used from the 18th century because it was closer to St. Paul's Cathedral than his official residence in Fulham, west London.

Alfred McCune Home

Prior to moving to Los Angeles, they donated it to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with the intent that it be used as an official residence for President Heber J. Grant.

Archbishop of Hong Kong

The Bishop's House, located in Central, is the office and official residence of the Archbishop.

Azim Jah

As Kalas Mahal or the Chepauk Palace, the official residence of the princes of the Carnatic had been taken over by the British in 1859, Azim Jahn constructed a new residence, the Amir Mahal, in Royapettah.

Brockdorff's Palace

The restoration has been finished in 2009, and is nowadays the home of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess, thus official residence of the next King of Denmark.

From 1947 until 1972 it was the official residence of King Frederick IX and Queen Ingrid.

Building of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

After World War II, the building became the official residence of the President of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (within Yugoslavia), as well as the home of the Executive Committee of the People's Assembly.

Castle of Melfi

With the decadence of the Swabian and the arrival of new Angevin rulers, the castle of Melfi underwent massive renovations and expansions, as well as being elected by Charles II of Anjou official residence of his wife, Mary of Hungary, in 1284.

Chancery Lane

In the 14th century it became the estate of the Master of the Rolls, which included an official residence (Rolls House) and storage for court records.

Château de Meudon

In 1807, Napoleon decided to rebuild the Château Neuf, which became the official residence of the King of Rome in 1812.

Dolley Madison

Dolley Madison worked with the architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe to furnish the White House, the first official residence built for the president of the United States.

Domhnall Ua Buachalla

On de Valera's instruction, Ua Buachalla did not reside in the official residence of the governor-general, the Viceregal Lodge (now called Áras an Uachtaráin, the residence of the President of Ireland).

Ebertstraße

After the death of the first President of the Weimar Republic, Friedrich Ebert, in 1925, it was renamed Ebertstraße in 1930, but in 1935, under the Nazi regime, it was called Hermann-Göring-Straße, after Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, whose official residence was close by.

Federal City

Since April 28, 1994, it is the second official residence of the President of Germany, the Chancellor of Germany, the Bundesrat (upper house), the first official residence of six federal ministries and approximately 20 federal authorities.

Fifi Ejindu

Her most prized achievement however was when Professor Charles Soludo, the former Central Bank Governor, whom she had never met before, saw one of her works and thus invited her to design the official residence of the Central Bank Governor of Nigeria.

George Samuel Jenman

Castellani House, now the home of Guyana's National Art Gallery, was originally designed and built to be his official residence by the Maltese colonial architect Cesar Castellani.

House of La Tour d'Auvergne

The Hôtel d'Évreux was subsequently renamed the Élysée Palace and currently serves as the official residence of the President of France.

Hubert Robert

He spent fully eleven years in Rome, a remarkable length of time; after the young artist's official residence at the French Academy in Rome ran out, he supported himself by works he produced for visiting connoisseurs like the abbé de Saint-Non, who took Robert to Naples in April 1760 to visit the ruins of Pompeii.

Isaac Trumbo

After the statehood question was finally resolved, Trumbo and his wife moved to Salt Lake City in 1895 and took up residence in the Gardo House, a large mansion originally built by Brigham Young for one of his wives, and later the official residence of the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities

The Academy's home is next door to the official residence of the President of Israel and the Council for Higher Education in Israel in Albert Einstein Square in Jerusalem

John Henry Chamberlain

Chamberlain became the unofficial domestic architect to Birmingham's civic leaders, designing a string of prestigious houses in upmarket districts of South Birmingham including Highbury Hall – the home of Joseph Chamberlain himself, and now the official residence of Birmingham's Lord Mayor.

Lawrence Holme Twentyman

During this period he also made clocks, of which there is a beautiful example in 'Groote Schuur', the official residence of the Prime Minister at Rondebosch.

Lord Mayor's Show

The Lord Mayor is escorted to his or her coach in Guildhall Yard by the Court of Aldermen and sets off to Mansion House, the official residence of the Lord Mayor.

Masco

Alex Manoogian and his wife donated the Manoogian Mansion to the City of Detroit as the official residence of the mayor.

Matignon

The Hôtel Matignon in Paris, France, the official residence of the French Prime Minister

Maynooth

In the 1920s, the town was the unofficial home to the King's representative in Ireland, Governor General Domhnall Ua Buachalla, who declined to take up official residence in the Viceregal Lodge in the Phoenix Park, and whose family operated a hardware store in the town until 2005, the only store with an Irish language name in the town for many years.

Mburuvichá Roga

Residencia Presidencial Mburuvichá Róga (Guarani for House of the Chief) is a building in Asuncion, Paraguay, that serves as the official residence for the President and First Lady of Paraguay, and is also the official headquarters of the Office of the First Lady of the Nation.

Moses Taylor Pyne

Settling in the town of Princeton, his beautiful estate, Drumthwacket, is now the official residence of the Governor of New Jersey.

National Museum of Brazil

One of these symbols, the Paço de São Cristóvão, the official residence of the emperors in the Quinta da Boa Vista, became vacant; therefore, in 1892, the National Museum, with all its collections, valuables and researchers, was transferred to this palace, where it stays until today.

Old Rectory, Warton

Believed to have been constructed in the early 14th century as the official residence of the rector at St Oswald's Church, probably by two of the younger sons of Marmaduke de Thweg.

Omni Shoreham Hotel

Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon had his official residence in the Shoreham Hotel, during the period the government-in-exile of the Commonwealth of the Philippines was established in Washington, D.C. from May, 1942 until his death in August, 1944.

Palácio da Ponta Vermelha

The Palácio da Ponta Vermelha is the official residence of the President of Mozambique in Maputo.

Palácio das Mangabeiras

The Palácio das Mangabeiras is the Official Residence of the Governor of Minas Gerais state, Brazil.

Palacio de los Capitanes Generales

The Palacio de los Capitanes Generales is the former official residence of the governors (Captains General) of Havana, Cuba.

President of Armenia

The official residence of the President of Armenia is located at at 26 Baghramyan Avenue in central Yerevan.

Prilidiano Pueyrredón

He designed the mansion built by Miguel de Azcuénaga in Olivos which later became the official residence of the President of Argentina.

Riksbron

The name is derived from the bridge's proximity to several buildings of national importance, including Riksdagen, the Parliament Building; Rosenbad, the Prime Minister's Office and the Government Chancellery; and the Sager House, official residence of the Prime Minister.

Silvio Passerini

He built three more personal villas: one in the commune of Bettolle, one in Petrignano and the third in Piazzano, the closest to his official residence.

Taoiseach

However, in 2008 it was reported that the former Steward's Lodge at Farmleigh adjoining the Phoenix Park would become the official residence of the Taoiseach.

The Banqueting House

Mansion House, London, the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London

The Blood Compact

The Blood Compact is currently displayed in Malacañan Palace, the official residence of the President, located at the top of the Grand Staircase leading towards the Ceremonial Hall.

Thomas McCall Anderson

In 1900, he succeeded Sir William Tennant Gairdner, in the chair of practice of medicine, and removed from his house in Woodside Terrace to the official residence in the college square.

TWH

The White House, the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States