Imperial Palace
Location from Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Vast complex on Trantor — seat of the Galactic Emperor for millennia, later the hollow shell around which the Second Foundation quietly built its invisible empire of the mind.
Also known as: the Palace, the Imperial Complex, Cleon's Palace
What They Know
- The Palace complex is large enough to constitute its own sector of Trantor
- The Genetic Dynasty of Cleon I maintained the Palace as the seat of Imperial power for centuries
- Entire wings were sealed off during the Empire's decline — a physical record of institutional decay
- After the Sack, the Imperial Library within the Palace became the Second Foundation's hiding place
- The Palace's scale was designed to psychologically overwhelm visitors — architecture as political weapon
Connections
- located_at — trantor
- contains — second_foundation_hq
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