Talk:Palace of Nations

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I removed the photo showing the so called "Chair Sculpture" because the author apparently attempts to promote his travel agency, the name of which is clearly displayed next to the sculpture. 124.43.223.66 17:40, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Now, now, you don't know that. Never assume, as I used to tell my journalism students. Nevertheless, I agree with the removal because the broken chair is not actually on the grounds of the Palais but outside, near the bus stop. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis 19:25, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

The chair stands just the other side of the street from the Palace, and between the Palace and the fountain.

Where is the "travel agency's" promotion? By "author," do you mean the sculptor or the photographer? Nihil novi 22:11, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Hello? The chair is back? Well, it will soon be gone, since it is not on the grounds of the Palais des Nations but is in a public square of the city of Geneva. Please do a search for "The Broken Chair" and "Geneva," and you will get the full story of this interesting scuplture, which memorializes the victims of land mines. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis 05:39, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

In Between Days

What was the status of the Palace between the end of the League and its transfer to the UN in the early 50's? 66.31.76.221 (talk) 19:36, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

The League was disolved on April 20, 1946, and the UN offically took over the assets of the League on 1 August 1946. The Secretariat then installed some of its offices in the building .--80.219.13.243 (talk) 20:18, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Regarding dates

I'm a bit confused over the early history of the building. The introductory paragraph states the the Palace was constructed between 1929 and 1936, while the info box (or whatever those are called) mentions that the building was completed in 1938. Some sort of clarification on this would be helpful, as would be the date that the building first came into actual use by the League. Any help on this would be appreciated.--172.190.14.150 (talk) 00:38, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Relative size of building

(Talk page like comment left in article moved here by Carolina wren (talk) on 01:32, 20 April 2013 (UTC) who was not author, but did supply section heading for talk page. Authorship and timestamp based on original article edit given below.)

Almost certain the largest civilian building in the world is the Romanian Parliament (The Peoples Palace), the second largest building in the world after the Pentagon. Therefore The Palace of Nations must be the third largest. 160.83.30.147 (talk 15:52, 14 March 2013‎ (UTC)

French name is used in English

This article should use the French title, "Palais des Nations" simply because the English translation "Palace of Nations" is not used. The official UN Geneva website English-language homepage navigation menu uses "The Palais des Nations." See: http://www.unog.ch/80256EE60057F2B7/%28httpHomepages%29/5562355D4417A43F80256F04007174DB?OpenDocument . And, for what it's worth, the thousands of UN staff who work there refer to the building as "the Palais" (as commenter GeorgeLouis does above - he's probably been there!).

One might find Internet references to "Palace of Nations" but these do not reflect actual usage. Google Maps briefly labeled the building, "Palace of Nations" but reverted it.

If there is a Wikipedia policy that demands that the English be used, this would be unfortunate and misleading. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:1203:ECB6:A100:BC63:83A4:637B:11C5 (talk) 09:17, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Recent edit by Antonio.Rosati has put this question back on the table. Should the page name be changed from "Place of Nations to "Palais des Nations"? If there is no answer against a correction within a reasonable period of time, this could be considered. SlvrKy (talk) 16:47, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

Testament of Gustave Reveillod

The testament does not say anything about the peacocks, hence I removed this false information from the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pompom (talk • contribs) 12:17, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Floor area

In the infobox, the floor area is given as "17.635m³" and does not include a source (the floor area is not discussed in the prose). However cubic metres (m³) are a measure of volume not area - is this just a typo for 17,635 m²? Thryduulf (talk) 14:59, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

I removed the entry from the infobox (floor_area = 17.635 m² (189.82 sq ft)), it cannot possibly be right. Maybe the author meant 17 thousand square metres, but i am unable to verify the value. rado (talk) 13:21, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

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