The Palais du Peuple — the People's Palace — sits inland on the Kaloum peninsula and houses the Guinean National Assembly. The building was constructed in the 1960s as a gift from the People's Republic of China, part of Sékou Touré's pragmatic non-aligned diplomacy: Touré took aid from East and West, Beijing and Moscow, sometimes simultaneously, while denouncing all of them.
The architecture is unmistakable Chinese aid-style — a heavy, symmetrical, low-rise concrete block with a flag-bristling forecourt. It is not architecturally distinguished, but the contrast with the surrounding French colonial buildings makes it worth a look. The forecourt is open during weekdays; the chamber itself is not generally accessible.