Back Paleis van Whitehall Afrikaans قصر وايت هول Arabic قصر وايت هول ARZ Palaciu de Whitehall AST Палац Уайтхол Byelorussian Уайтхол (дворец) Bulgarian হোয়াইট হল প্রাসাদ Bengali/Bangla Palau de Whitehall Catalan Уайтхолл (кермен) CV Palace of Whitehall German
The Palace of Whitehall was the main home of the English kings and queens in London, from 1530 until 1698, when all except Inigo Jones's 1622 Banqueting House was destroyed by fire. Before the fire, it was the largest palace in Europe, with over 1,500 rooms (at one time it was the largest building in the world).
The palace gives its name—Whitehall—to the road on which many of the buildings of the UK government now stand. The word "Whitehall" can also refer to the central government itself.