The Istana

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national landmark official residence presidential palace

The Istana is the official presidential palace and primary ceremonial venue of Singapore, serving as the office and residence of the President.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
The Istana canonical 7
Istana 6
Istana (as an institutional shorthand) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national landmark ⓘ
official residence ⓘ
presidential palace ⓘ
architect John Frederick Adolphus McNair ⓘ
architecturalStyle Victorian architecture ⓘ
neo-Palladian architecture ⓘ
completionDate 1869 ⓘ
constructionStart 1867 ⓘ
country Singapore ⓘ
flagMeaning Presidential Standard flown when the President is in residence ⓘ
formerFunction Government House of the Straits Settlements ⓘ
linked to: Government House, Singapore

residence of the British governors of the Straits Settlements ⓘ
formerName Government House ⓘ
function office of the President of Singapore ⓘ
linked to: President of Singapore

official residence of the President of Singapore ⓘ
primary ceremonial venue of Singapore ⓘ
governingBody President’s Office of Singapore ⓘ
groundsFeature Festival Arch ⓘ
Istana Villa ⓘ
linked to: The Istana

Japanese Garden ⓘ
Sri Temasek ⓘ
Swan Pond ⓘ
main building ⓘ
hasFlag Presidential Standard of Singapore ⓘ
hasGarden Istana Gardens ⓘ
hasSecurity guarded by the Singapore Police Force ⓘ
hasUse national award investiture ceremonies ⓘ
presentation of credentials ⓘ
reception of foreign dignitaries ⓘ
state functions ⓘ
swearing-in ceremonies ⓘ
heritageStatus protected as a national monument of Singapore ⓘ
location Orchard Road ⓘ
locationCity Singapore ⓘ
nameMeaning "The Palace" in Malay ⓘ
nearbyMRTStation Dhoby Ghaut MRT station ⓘ
Somerset MRT station ⓘ
nearbyRoad Orchard Road ⓘ
openingDate 1869 ⓘ
operator President’s Office of Singapore ⓘ
owner Government of Singapore ⓘ
publicAccess open to the public on selected public holidays ⓘ
siteArea about 106 acres ⓘ
about 43 hectares ⓘ
symbolizes Singapore’s sovereignty ⓘ
office of the President of Singapore ⓘ
linked to: President’s Office of Singapore
usedBy President of Singapore ⓘ
Prime Minister of Singapore for some official events ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of Singapore → residence → The Istana ⓘ
President of Singapore → seat → The Istana ⓘ
The Istana → groundsFeature → Istana Villa ⓘ
linked to: The Istana
Presidential Standard of Singapore → usedAtLocation → Istana ⓘ
linked to: The Istana
Cabinet of Singapore → meetsAt → The Istana ⓘ
Government of Singapore → seatOfGovernment → The Istana ⓘ
Government House, Singapore → replacedBy → Istana ⓘ
linked to: The Istana
Government House, Singapore → nowKnownAs → Istana ⓘ
linked to: The Istana
Government House, Singapore → currentName → Istana ⓘ
linked to: The Istana
Office of the Prime Minister of Singapore → locatedIn → The Istana ⓘ
subject linked to: office of the Prime Minister of Singapore
Sri Temasek → governingBody → Presidential Estates Unit, Istana ⓘ
linked to: The Istana
Sri Temasek → relatedBuilding → Istana ⓘ
linked to: The Istana
Festival Arch → associatedWith → The Istana ⓘ
Istana Gardens → surrounds → The Istana ⓘ
Istana Gardens → managedBy → Istana ⓘ
linked to: The Istana
President’s Office of Singapore → alsoKnownAs → Istana (as an institutional shorthand) ⓘ
linked to: The Istana