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  2. Parliament House, New Delhi - Wikipedia

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    Website. sansad.in. Parliament House (ISO: Saṁsada Bhavana), in New Delhi is the seat of the Parliament of India. It houses the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, which are lower and upper houses respectively in India's bicameral parliament. As part of India's Central Vista Redevelopment Project, a new parliament building was constructed in New ...

  3. Palace of Westminster - Wikipedia

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    Reference no. 1226284. The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is located in London, England. It is commonly called the Houses of Parliament after the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two legislative chambers which occupy the building. The palace is one of the centres of political ...

  4. British Columbia Parliament Buildings - Wikipedia

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    The main block of the Parliament Buildings combines Baroque details with Romanesque Revival rustication. The legislative chamber inside the Parliament Building. Construction of a new Parliament building was first authorized by an act of the provincial legislature in 1893, the Parliament Buildings Construction Act.

  5. Old Royal High School - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates: 55°57′13″N 3°10′49″W. The Old Royal High School as seen from Regent Road. The Old Royal High School, also known as New Parliament House, is a 19th-century neoclassical building on Calton Hill in the city of Edinburgh. The building was constructed for the use of the city's Royal High School, and gained its alternative name ...

  6. Parliament House, Canberra - Wikipedia

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    Parliament House, also known as Capital Hill, is the meeting place of the Parliament of Australia, the legislative body of Australia's federal system of government.The building also houses the core of the executive branch of the Australian Government, and contains the Cabinet room and offices of the Prime Minister and other federal ministers.

  7. Old Parliament House, New Delhi - Wikipedia

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    The Old Parliament House, officially known as the Samvidhan Sadan (Constitution House), [1][2] was the seat of the Imperial Legislative Council of India between 18 January 1927 and 15 August 1947, the Constituent Assembly of India between 15 August 1947 and 26 January 1950, and the Parliament of India between 26 January 1950 and 18 September 2023.

  8. Austrian Parliament Building - Wikipedia

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    The site for the new building was on the city's ancient fortifications and walls. In his famous decree Es ist Mein Wille of 1857, Emperor Franz Joseph I had laid down plans for the Ringstraße to replace the old city walls. The parliament building was supposed to feature prominently on the boulevard, in close proximity to Hofburg Palace and the ...

  9. Great Hall of the People - Wikipedia

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    The southern part is the office building of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of China. Among them, the central hall covers an area of 3,600 square meters. The retaining walls and floor are paved with colored marble. There are 20 white marble pillars around. There is a 12-meter (39 ft 4 in)-wide corridor on the middle floor.