Palace of Peace and Reconciliation
building, Nursultan, Kazakhstan
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The Palace of Peace and Reconciliation is a pyramid-shaped building located in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. Designed by British architect Norman Foster, it stands 203 feet (62 meters) tall. The building houses a library and an opera house, among other facilities. It was part of a significant expansion and reconstruction of Astana, which was undertaken with vast sums of the country's oil profits. Astana itself was founded in 1824 as a Russian military outpost and became the capital of Kazakhstan in 1997.12
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