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PALACE OF PEACE AND RECONCILIATION
The Palace of Peace and Reconciliation is a 77 m high building in Astana. The building expresses the spirit of Kazakhstan, where cultures, traditions and representatives of various nationalities coexist in peace, harmony and accord. It › s golden and pale blue colours are taken from the Kazakhstan flag. It also houses an opera house, a national museum of culture, a new « university of civilization », a library and a research center for Kazakhstan › s ethnic and geographical groups.