Palais des Nations: The Palais des Nations was the seat of the League of Nations and is now the headquarters of the United Nations Office in Geneva.

It is a symbol of Geneva as an international city and a microcosm of the world's modern history.

The Palais des Nations is located in the Ariane Park, which is located on the hilly area on the right bank of Lake Leman and covers an area of ??25 hectares (approximately 375 acres).

Standing high in the park, you can overlook Lake Leman and Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe.

This park was originally the private property of the Revilliot family, Gustave?

Leviglio is the last generation of this family. He is a writer and art collector. His mother is Ariana.

After his mother passed away, he named the garden Ariana to express his memory of his mother.

There is also the Ariane Museum in the park, which was built by Leviglio to store his large collection of Chinese and Japanese porcelain.

In 1890, before his death, Gustave Revilliot bequeathed the Ariana Park and Ariana Museum to the city of Geneva.

There are three stipulations in his will: 1. After his death, the mausoleum will be built in this park, and the City of Geneva must always be responsible for its protection and maintenance and must not be destroyed; 2. Ariana Park cannot be privately owned and must be open to the public

Open; 3. According to the tradition of the Levilio family, peacocks will continue to be raised in the park.

The City of Geneva agrees and abides by these three regulations.

The "League of Nations" and the current United Nations Office in Geneva, which had the right to use the Ariana Park, also agreed to abide by these three provisions.

The Palais des Nations was built by the League of Nations in 1929. At that time, 360 designers participated in the design.

The "League of Nations" selected the five best architects, the most important of whom were Italian Carlo Bu Roach and Frenchman Jacques Carew.

After seven years, the building was completed in 1936.

The completed "League of Nations" building, the Palais des Nations, covers an area of ??18,600 square meters, and the entire building area is larger than the famous Palace of Versailles.

After the establishment of the United Nations, its office in Geneva was located at the Palais des Nations.

In 1969, the United Nations decided to expand the Palace of Nations. Secretary-General U Thant laid the foundation stone and started construction of a new wing on the north side of the Palace.

In order to coordinate the new wing with the architectural style of the old building and the natural environment of Ariane Park, while also meeting actual needs, a design committee composed of architects from Britain, France and Italy carefully selected the design plan.

It used modern building materials and technologies and took five years to complete.

In 1973, United Nations Secretary-General Waldheim presided over the inauguration ceremony.

The newly built wing has a novel design and beautiful shape, and is harmoniously integrated with the original League of Nations Building. The new wing is connected to the old building through an air corridor, a "sky bridge".

Regardless of its lines, height or overall appearance, it matches well with the old building of Wan Guoguan. It can be said that they are a perfect match and complement each other.

The expanded Wanguo Palace has 50 doors, a total length of 575 meters, and an area of ??32,600 square meters. It has 1,600 offices and 34 large and small conference rooms, with a total space capacity of 820,000 cubic meters.

meters, the floor area is 32,000 square meters.

The original Palais des Nations was in the shape of two horseshoes, one facing Lake Leman and the other facing the Jura Mountains.

The horseshoe-shaped three-wing building structure on the side facing the lake mainly includes: 1. The Left Wing Library. This library was built by the "League of Nations" with US$2 million donated by American John D. Rockefeller when building the Palais des Nations.

Currently, the library has one million books and 10,000 journals published by various countries. It is the largest international library in the world.

The museum has a spacious reading room and a League of Nations exhibition hall, which displays historical documents, pictures and objects of the "League of Nations".

In addition, the library also collects handwritten letters and various manuscripts exchanged between political figures from various countries around the world and the United Nations.

These important documents are concentrated in a dedicated exhibition room on the second floor.

In fact, the reason why the Palais des Nations is located here is precisely because of this library.

The original plan was to build the Palais des Nations on a piece of land owned by the "League of Nations", which is now the "Recreation Park" near the lake. There were no plans to build such a large library.

2. On the right wing of the Council Building, the Council Hall is the most beautiful hall in the Palace of Nations, also known as the Spanish Hall, because the large mural in the hall is of the famous Spanish painter Joseph?

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Selt's work.

From 1934 to 1936, Sert spent two full years in his Paris studio to complete this set of immortal masterpieces.

The picture is golden and dark brown, and the themes of the painting are: justice, strength, peace, law and wisdom.

The Council Chamber is not only the most beautiful hall among the officials of all nations, but also an important conference hall.

According to the unwritten rules of the United Nations, all meetings involving international security issues, or more urgent meetings, are held in the Council Chamber.

In 1954, the Indo-China Conference that Premier Zhou personally attended was held in this hall.

The Council Room can accommodate 500 people and one of its features is the ability to adjust the position of the conference table according to the needs of each meeting.

3. The middle part is the General Assembly Hall. The large aisle in front of the General Assembly Hall is actually a lounge. It is very spacious and tall. It was built by the "League of Nations" with materials donated by the member states.

The light green marble on the wall is Swedish, the dark green marble is Italian, the vermilion floor marble is Finnish, and the black and white marble decoration on the floor is Belgian.