The Republican Palace, also known as the People's Palace, is the official residence of the head of state and stands on the Blue Nile waterfront in central Khartoum. The current building is the second on the site; the original, built in the 1820s as the seat of Ottoman-Egyptian rule, was rebuilt by the British after the reconquest of 1898 in a stately neoclassical style with arcaded wings and a domed central block.
For most of its history the palace has been closed to the public, but the gardens and the riverfront facade are best seen from the corniche or from the Tuti Bridge. The palace gave its name to the adjoining Republican Palace Museum, which occupies a former church just to the east and is one of the few ways to glimpse the building's history up close.