Chapter 169 Sydney Palace
Shortly after the cabinet meeting ended, under Arthur's order, Butler Hunter began to invite various European architectural experts and search for a suitable place to build a new palace on the outskirts of Sydney.
The new palace will serve as the permanent residence and palace of the Australian royal family, and will also represent the dignity and face of the royal family to the outside world.
Since a new palace is to be built, Arthur will naturally not be stingy. The total budget for this construction is as high as five million pounds, and unlimited indigenous people are allowed to be used.
The construction of this palace has one goal, which is to be as low-key as possible on the basis of luxury, as novel as possible on the basis of solemnity, and absolutely strict on the basis of hugeness. On the basis of ensuring quality and quantity, a large number of indigenous people should be used to speed up the construction cycle as much as possible. , while not burdening Australia’s various construction plans.
These requirements are actually quite high, but this time the construction of the palace hired a large number of architectural experts from Europe. Some of these people even built palaces and palaces for European royal families, and they are also the most qualified candidates.
After more than half a month of site selection, the construction team traveled almost all over the suburbs of Sydney and finally found a very suitable construction site in the southwest suburbs of Sydney.
This is a very vast plain, at the junction of mountains and lakes. To the east is a large plain area, to the west is a hill of more than 200 meters, and on the edge of the plain is a large lake.
According to this relatively special geographical environment, after a long period of research, the construction team finally determined the design plan of the Australian Royal Palace, that is, Sydney Palace.
The entire Australian palace is in the shape of a zigzag without the upper horizontal line. The core area of the palace is the lower horizontal line of the zigzag shape. The two vertical bars are respectively the dining room, conference room, entertainment room and the residence of servants.
The two vertical bars each have a raised part below, and the one on the left is connected to the erected building, which is a place for royal medical care, education, and entertainment. Of course, a royal private hospital with complete functions will also be built inside.
On the right is a circular church, which will also be the place where members of the Australian royal family will hold baptisms, weddings, funerals and other important festivals in the future.
The building on the right extends outwards to a building, which will be a place for guests to live. It also contains small restaurants, conference rooms, offices and other facilities.
In the middle of the palace building, that is, in the middle of the zigzag shape, is a large circular flower bed.
Statues of Australia's past rulers will be placed in the middle of the flower bed. Currently, the statues of Queen Victoria and Arthur are planned.
Queen Victoria was the ruler of colonial Australia and a key figure in the establishment of the Principality of Australia.
Queen Victoria has a high reputation in the hearts of the people of both the British Empire and Australia. The erection of a statue of Queen Victoria can not only declare that the Australian royal family comes from the noble blood of the royal family of the British Empire, but also win over the British people and the British government. good impression.
Australia is able to have all of this, thanks to its origins in the British Empire. Australia may be separated from the British Empire in the future and become a completely independent and powerful country, but not now.
At least in terms of blood, Australia will not refuse to recognize that it comes from the British Empire, because this will not only bring Australia the glory of noble blood, but also allow Australia to gain a large number of favors from the British and British immigrants.
This special blood relationship is definitely not comparable to allies united by interests.
In other words, if one day in the future there is a conflict between the island countries that are allies of the British Empire and Australia, and if the British government does not support Australia, it will have to face the dissatisfaction of the domestic people and the opposition parties.
But the same is true for Australia, if Australia is blatantly on the other side of the British Empire, and without any reason, the British and Australians will also be disappointed in the government.
On the periphery of the palace's zigzag, or rather in the row above the zigzag, is a huge semicircular fountain.
Beyond the fountain is the vast garden outside the palace, which will soon be planted with a large number of flowers and plants, becoming the largest garden in the palace. On the right side of this garden is a huge natural lake. The water in the fountain and the small lake in the palace are connected to this huge natural lake.
Beyond the lake and gardens, there is a larger square. The area of this square is very huge, and it is definitely not comparable to the previous square opposite the Government Affairs Building.
On the side of the square closest to the palace, a military parade platform with a height of more than six meters was built, which was specially prepared for Australia's future military parades.
Below the parade platform, located in front of the entire square, this will be the place where the national flag is raised daily. The Australian Royal Coat of Arms flag and the flag of the Principality of Australia will be raised here.
In front of the flag, at the back of the square, a stone monument with an unsheathed sword will be erected, called the Australian Heroes Monument.
This will be a place where any heroes who have made great contributions to Australia will leave their names forever, for all Australians and foreign tourists to watch.
The end of the square, from the Australian Heroes Monument to the national flag, the coat of arms flag and then to the parade stand, is connected by a very wide road with flower and grass fences on both sides. Under the parade stand,
there is an equally wide road but perpendicular to this road and this road. The roads are connected, dividing the roads in the square into a T shape.
This horizontal road is the parade road. The troops reviewing in the future will pass here and be seen by people in the square.
The huge square is divided into two parts by the road connecting the Heroes Monument and the National Flag. These two parts are the best places for people to enjoy the military parade during the military parade. This square can accommodate at least 60,000 people and will be the largest in Australia. square.
Finally, there is the hill behind the palace. This hill, which is only two to three hundred meters high, will be where the royal family members train their marksmanship and play.
All buildings, including the hill, the main building part of the palace, fountains, lakes, gardens and squares, constitute Australia's new huge palace.
The palace covers an area of more than 400,000 square meters, which is a full 40 hectares or 0.4 square kilometers.
Among them, the garden lake and the hill behind cover an area of up to 150,000 square meters, while the actual main building area is only less than 100,000 square meters.
If this palace is built, it will have as many as 600 rooms, a complete private hospital, a church, a study area on the first floor used to teach royal members, and up to 20 conference rooms of different sizes. Six restaurants, fifty offices, more than a dozen sentry towers and guard stations on the top floor are considered luxurious, extravagant and heavily guarded.
What's more worth mentioning is that after entering from the main entrance of the palace, there is a corridor more than 100 meters long on the left and right.
This corridor will be hung with literary works and precious treasures from all over the world, and is a cultural corridor for the Australian royal family.
Unfortunately, the main entrance is located in the core area of the royal palace. Not many people can enter and exit through this door. In Australia, there are currently only royal family members and cabinets.
Without Arthur's summons, it is basically impossible for others to enter from the main entrance and visit this cultural corridor.
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