Sultana's Palace
| Sultana's Palace | |
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| General information | |
| Status | In use |
| Location | Sultana District |
| Address | 1 Sultana's Square |
| Town or city | Bingol |
| Country | Packilvania |
| Current tenants | Sultana Consort of Packilvania Deputy Crown Prince of Packilvania |
| Completed | 1999 |
| Cost | 208 million KRB (2.496 billion PXD) |
| Owner | Crown of Packilvania (i.e., the Government) |
| Landlord | Imperial Court of Packilvania |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Khunad Hyperion |
The Sultana's Palace is the seat of the Sultana of Packilvania, currently Her Imperial and Royal Majesty, Sultana Saga of Tynam, but it currently serves as the residence of Sultan Emeritus Namdun III and Sultana Mother Mebri. Although the Sultana Consort is the head of the Imperial Court of Packilvania, the Imperial Court is housed in the Bingol Royal Palace. The Palace is owned by the Government of Packilvania and held in trust by the Sultan of Packilvania.
The planning of the Palace began in 1995 when Sultan Namdun III ascended to the Throne. The Parliament of Packilvania approved the construction of the Palace and allocated 208 million KRB (2.496 billion PXD), but it required that the Palace be owned by the Government and become an official residence of the Sultana Consort of Packilvania in future. Furthermore, it was stipulated that the Palace would be part of an urban renewal program thus the Bingol local government allocated a further 45 million KRB to the grounds and surrounding areas.
The Palace is built in the Hyperion style which is a post-modern architectural style that draws heavily from traditional Packilvanian ziggurat and Auroran architecture. It was designed by Khunad Hyperion, the style's main progenitor. Construction began in 1996 and was completed in 1999. The Palace is built predominantly from concrete and steel like most modern buildings and features the use of materials such as marble, granite and porcelain in the finishings.
Significant areas of the Palace include the Hall of Glass (which features glass figurines collected by the Sultana), the Hall of Stamps (which house the Sultana's philatelic collection), the Hall of Flowers which is a banquet Hall, and the Sultana's Throne Room.
The parts of the Palace inhabited by the Imperial Family are legally comprised of the Inner Court (or Harem) of Packilvania, a substructure of the Imperial Court, whereby access to men is restricted without the permission of the Sultana Consort or her designated representative with the exception of high ranking state officials such as the Crown Prince of Packilvania and Deputy Crown Prince of Packilvania (who are also residents thereof), as well as men who serve as staff.
The Sultana's Botanical Gardens are a part of the larger Sultana's Palace Complex and were created from the regeneration of a delapidated and overgrown public park. Access is provided to the public to a portion of the Sultana's Botanical Gardens. The gardens are tended by the Office of the Chief Gardener who oversees the gardens of all 21 official Royal Palaces. The head of the landscaping and grounds team at the Sultana's Palace Complex is Rushadia Almawahudeen. The closest train station is the Sultana Zagrina Train Station about 200m from the Palace.
Lying on the northern side of the Sultana's Square, it forms part of a setting dedicated to the women of Packilvania. The square is a public piazza flanked by the Sultana Zulayka Women's University on the East, the Sultana Desma Nunnery and Women's Sanctuary on the West and by the National Women's Museum across the Sultana Rahida Boulevard on the south. The Square is one of the largest in Packilvania.
The entire district in which the Palace is located is known as Sultana, an area almost completely dedicated to and populated by women such as the Sultana Ahmida Maternal and Gynaecological Hospital, Sultana Yasmiya Women's Paxist Worship Centre, and the various apartment buildings which predominantly only allow female residents (usually students of the Women's University).