Sites of Parliament

Parliaments in past and present.

Constructions

Connected Sites

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Beijing Central Axis Great Hall of the People: " It is used for legislative and ceremonial activities by the government of the People's Republic of China and the ruling Chinese Communist Party. The People's Great Hall functions as the meeting place for the full sessions of the National People's Congress, the Chinese legislature..." (wiki)
Brasilia Brasilia National Congress Building designed by Niemeyer. Houses the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies
Bridgetown Parliament of Barbados
Budapest The Hungarian Parliament Building is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary
City of Luxembourg Hotel de la Chambre des Députés, Luxembourgian Parliament
Edinburgh Scottish Parliament at Holyrood
Florence The Salone del Cinquecento at the Palazzo Vecchio served as the first parliament of unified Italy before the capital was moved to Rome
Independence Hall Congress Hall, part of inscribed WHS Independence Hall was used as the United State Congress from 1790-1800
Mudejar Architecture of Aragon Aragon parliament at the Aljaferia in Zaragoza.
Old City of Berne Federal Palace of Switzerland
Ouro Preto Parliament House
Paramaribo National Assembly of Suriname: situated in the former park house at the Independence Square in Paramaribo, after a fire destroyed the old building of representation on 1 August 1996
Paris, Banks of the Seine Palais Bourbon, seat of the French National Assembly
Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro The Congreso de los diputados meets in the Palacio de las Cortes
Prague Valdstejn Palace (Czech Senate) and some buildings in the Lesser Town
Québec Parc Montmorency: was the location of the first and second Parliament buildings of the United Province of Canada between 1852 and 1866 (wiki fr)
Rabat Parliament building
Regensburg Regensburg was the regular meeting place of the permanent Imperial Diet (1663-1806)
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy Carignano Palace Italian Parliament 1861-1864
Rome Madama palace (Italian Senate) and Montecitorio palace (Italian Chamber of Deputies)
Royal Exhibition Building 1st Parliament of Australia 9 May 1901
San Marino and Mount Titano Consiglio Grande e Generale, Parliament of San Marino
Schwerin Residence Ensemble parts of the castle serve as the residence of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state parliament (wiki en)
St. George, Bermuda The State House (1620) in St. George's was the first purpose-built home of the House of Assembly, which then constituted the only chamber of the Parliament of Bermuda (wiki)
St. Kilda "The people of St Kilda, a Gaelic-speaking population, lived under their own form of democracy with an informal meeting held every weekday morning in the village street. It was known as the 'St Kilda Parliament' and consisted of all the adult males on the island."
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier Chandigarh, Palace of Assembly - Legislatures of Punjab and Haryana.
Thingvellir was the site of the Alþing, the annual parliament of Iceland from the year 930 until the last session held at Þingvellir in 1798 (wiki)
Valletta Grandmaster's Palace in Valletta is Malta Parliament
Vienna Austrian Parliament
Westminster The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
White City of Tel-Aviv The Independence Hall was the temporery seat of the Israeli parliament until the construction of the current Kneset in Jerusalem was completed.
Willemstad The Parliament of Curacao meets at Wilhelminaplein 4 in Punda.

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