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  2. Palace of Westminster - Wikipedia

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    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 life in the ...

  3. St. Ermin's Hotel - Wikipedia

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    St. Ermin's Hotel is a four-star central London hotel adjacent to St James's Park Underground station, close to Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, and the Houses of Parliament. The Grade II-listed late Victorian building, built as one of the early mansion blocks in the English capital, is thought to be named after an ancient monastery ...

  4. Savoy Hotel - Wikipedia

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    The Savoy Hotel is a luxury hotel located in the Strand in the City of Westminster in central London, England. Built by the impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte with profits from his Gilbert and Sullivan opera productions, it opened on 6 August 1889. It was the first in the Savoy group of hotels and restaurants owned by Carte's family [a] for over a ...

  5. Great Scotland Yard - Wikipedia

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    Great Scotland Yard is a street in Westminster, London, connecting Northumberland Avenue and Whitehall. By the 16th century, this "yard", which was then a series of open courtyards within the Palace of Whitehall, was fronted by buildings used by diplomatic representatives of the Kingdom of Scotland. Over time the land was divided into Great ...

  6. History of the Palace of Westminster - Wikipedia

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    The history of the Palace of Westminster began in the Middle Ages – in the early eighth century – when there was an Anglo-Saxon church dedicated to St. Peter the Apostle which became known as the West Minster (St. Paul's being the East Minster). [ 1 ][ 2 ] In the tenth century the church became a Benedictine abbey and was adopted as a royal ...

  7. Westminster Hall - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates: 51°29′59″N0°07′31″W51.49986°N 0.12537°W. The interior of the hall. Westminster Hall is a large 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 ] The building has had various ...

  8. Westminster Abbey - Wikipedia

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    Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England. Since 1066, it has been the location of the coronations of 40 English and British monarchs and a burial site for 18 English, Scottish, and British monarchs. At least 16 royal weddings have ...

  9. Victoria Tower - Wikipedia

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    The Victoria Tower is a square tower at the south-west end of the Palace of Westminster in London, [ 1 ] adjacent to Black Rod's Garden on the west and Old Palace Yard on the east. At 98.5 metres (323 ft), it is slightly taller than the Elizabeth Tower (known formerly as the Clock Tower and popularly as Big Ben) at the north end of the Palace ...

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