Seniar Palace

The Seniar Palace is an ancient Gallatene palace in Sirasona, and since the Immolation has served as the religious and political nervecenter of the Halyrate. 
===History===
The Palace of Seniar was constructed in the late 3rd century RM as an abode for the governor of Sirasona. It later became the seat of government of the city and state during its period of independence, but lost that prominence when Sirasona joined the League of Gallasa. For some decades it was abandoned, and it fell into considerable disrepair. After the Immolation destroyed Gallasa the center of Gallatene and Maninist resistance to the Aitahist attack moved to Sirasona, and the nascent Halyrate quickly seized the disused Palace for its own needs. Following the dissolution of the Halyrate state Sirasona ceased to be the political capital of Gallat, but the High Ward remained resident in the Palace and its importance only grew as the Faith came to supplant all other powers in Gallat. 
===Current Use===
At present Seniar Palace is generally taken to refer to the entirety of the sprawling complex surrounding the Palace proper. The Palace itself remains the seat of the High Ward and the administration of the city of Sirasona. In the rest of the complex are housed the diverse accoutrements accumulated over the centuries. Much of the eastern portion is taken up by the Faith's missionary schools and the Eskarite Saepulum. The western portion contains the offices of the various Orders and the barracks of the High Ward's guards. The central plaza is bordered on one end by the Palace proper, much expanded from its original design, and on the other by the Palace of Concourse, which itself meets or exceeds Seniar in grandeur. Along the plaza are the local centers of the Synothal Orders. These serve as residences of the Concourse members and their staffs, and there is much competition between the Orders to maintain the finest. Also on the central plaza is a permanent Accan embassy, the only foreign power to be so represented. 
Category:Architecture
Category:Gallat
Category:Maninism