Elisabeta Palace

Elisabeta Palace Palatul Elisabeta
Flag of Crown Princess Margareta flown at the Palace.
General information
Architectural style	Moorish and Brâncovenesc style
Address	26 Kiseleff Road Sector 1
Town or city	Bucharest
Country	Romania
Coordinates	44°16′53″N 26°26′49″E / 44.2815°N 26.447°E / 44.2815; 26.447
Current tenants	Official Romanian Residence of the Romanian Royal Family
Construction started	1930
Completed	1936
Inaugurated	19 December 1937
Client	Princess Elisabeth of Romania
Design and construction
Architect	Duiliu Marcu

Elisabeta Palace (Romanian: Palatul Elisabeta) is a palace on Kiseleff Road, Bucharest, built in 1936, is the official residence in Romania of the Romanian Royal Family where Crown Princess Margareta and her husband Prince Radu currently reside.

The Palace was designed in 1930 by the architect Marcu and built in 1936 for Princess Elisabeth, the daughter of the late King Ferdinand I and wife Queen Marie and also aunt of King Michael who was forced to abdicate on December 30, 1947.

In 2001 the Romanian Senate passed a bill in which states that the Palace would be of use only by the former Royal Family. Since then members of the Royal Family have been living there; foreign Heads of State, royalty and politicians are received there as well as Romanian political, cultural, economic and academic figures when special events are conducted.

In July 1935 Princess Elisabeth former Queen Consort of Greece divorced her second cousin, the deposed King George II of Greece. After her divorce she moved to Romania where she stayed at Banloc Castle.

In 1930 the plans for Elisabeta Palace were made by Romanian architect Duiliu Marcu who had designed Victoria Palace as well as many other buildings but all building plans were brought to a halt in the early 30's due to the Great Depression. Construction finally started in 1936 with the edifice inaugurated in December 1937.