A legation was a diplomatic representative office of lower rank than an embassy. Where an embassy was headed by an ambassador, a legation was headed by...

The siege of the International Legations was a pivotal event during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, in which foreign diplomatic compounds in Peking (now...

A Texas Legation was maintained by the Republic of Texas in Washington, D.C., London, and Paris (1 Place Vendôme) from 1836 through 1845. In a bid to protect...

Tangier American Legation (Arabic: المفوضية الأميركية في طنجة; French: Légation américaine de Tanger), officially the Tangier American Legation Institute for...

The Peking Legation Quarter was the area in Beijing (Peking), China where a number of foreign legations were located between 1861 and 1959. In the Chinese...

The Baltic Legations were the missions of the exiled Baltic diplomatic services from 1940 to 1991. After the Soviet occupation of the Baltic states in...

King Gojong's internal exile to the Russian legation, also called the Agwan Pacheon incident (Korean: 아관파천), occurred in 1896 in Korea when King Gojong...

missionaries, soldiers, and some Chinese Christians took refuge in the Legation Quarter, which the Boxers besieged. The Eight-Nation Alliance—comprising...

grouped the delegations into five larger legations. The four original legations were joined into the legation of the Romagne. In 1859, the Kingdom of Sardinia...

class of feudal 'Roman barons'. Marittima e Campagna was a papal legation (IV Legation) from 1850 until 1860, when it was annexed by the Kingdom of Sardinia...

property, opposite the river. The consulate was raised to the status of a legation in 1895, and by the 1900s came to house several buildings, including the...

The Divine Legation of Moses is the best-known work of William Warburton, an English theologian of the 18th century who became bishop of Gloucester. As...

The Building of the Yugoslavian Legation in Berlin was built from 1938 to 1940 for the diplomatic representation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the German...

The French Legation is a historic legation building in eastern Austin, Texas, built in 1841 to represent the French government in the new Republic of...

Bunsen leased 4 Carlton House Terrace for the Prussian Legation. In March 1849, the legation moved along the terrace to the larger 9 Carlton House Terrace...

The Norwegian Legation in Stockholm played a significant role during the Second World War. Until 9 April 1940 the legation consisted of four persons, and...

the country, but associated with the United States, such as the American Legation in Tangier, are also listed. Properties can be nominated in a variety of...

Right of legation (Latin ius legationis) is one of the basic attributes of state sovereignty and denotes the power of subject of international law to send...

The former site of the Japanese Legation (Chinese: 日本公使馆旧址), located at 21 and 23 Dongjiaoming Lane, Dongcheng District, Beijing, is the former site of...

the Japanese legation. It was commanded by legation minister Miura Gorō. Japanese Legation Security Police Officers, commanded by legation minister Miura...

and Austro-Hungarian Empire's Legations in Peking. Peking had 11 Legations total, The first Legation was the Legation of the British Empire established...

The Pontifical Legation for the Basilicas of Saint Francis and Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi is the office, vested in a Pontifical Legate, that represents...

Beijing, in which the Eight-Nation Alliance relieved the siege of the Peking Legation Quarter during the Boxer Rebellion. From 20 June 1900, Boxers and Imperial...

services. Legation Diplomatic representative office of lower rank than an embassy. Where an embassy was headed by an ambassador, a legation was headed...

The United States has had diplomatic relations with the nation of Germany and its principal predecessor nation, the Kingdom of Prussia, since 1835. These...

The Old Korean Legation Museum (Korean: 주미대한제국공사관) is a historic house museum located at 15 Logan Circle NW (also listed as 1500 13th Street NW) in the...

international recognition of restored independence started after that, and the legations and consulates of the exiled diplomatic service were transferred to the...

Ferdowsi site was purchased. To supervise the construction of the new Legation Buildings, James Wild, the architect, was commissioned. He was an established...

made arrests based on surveillance carried out on the key diplomatic legations in Dublin. To the authorities, counterintelligence was a fundamental line...

States included most of central Italy – Latium, Umbria, Marche, and the legations of Ravenna, Ferrara, and Bologna extending north into the Romagna. It...