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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 reaches a height of 84 m (276 ft), [1] has a floor area of 365,000 m 2 (3,930,000 sq ft) [2] and a volume of 2,550,000 m 3 (90,000,000 cu ft). The Palace of the Parliament is the heaviest building in the world, weighing about 4,098,500 tonnes (9.04 billion pounds), and is the third largest administrative building in the world. [3]
Aerial view of the area of the Parliamentary Estate. The Parliamentary Estate is the land and buildings used by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.. The most notable part of the Parliamentary Estate is the Palace of Westminster, where the chambers of both houses of Parliament (the Commons and the Lords) are located. [1]
Parliament Square in 2023. Parliament Square is a square at the northwest end of the Palace of Westminster in the City of Westminster in central London, England.Laid out in the 19th century, it features a large open green area in the centre with trees to its west, and it contains twelve statues of statesmen and other notable individuals.
The interior of the hall. Westminster Hall is a medieval great hall which is part of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. It was erected in 1097 for William II (William Rufus), at which point it was the largest hall in Europe. [1]
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It is located in the Palace of Westminster in London. It was originally located next to St Stephen's Chapel and was rebuilt and enlarged by James Wyatt in the early 19th century. After the burning of Parliament in 1834 it was rebuilt by Charles Barry as part of the new Palace of Westminster in the Perpendicular Gothic Revival style. It is ...
Portcullis House (PCH) is an office building in Westminster, London, England, that was commissioned in 1992 and opened in 2001 to provide offices for 213 members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and their staff.