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Parliament Hill is an area of open parkland in the south-east corner of Hampstead Heath in north-west London. The hill, which is 98 metres (322 ft) high, is notable for its views of the capital's skyline.
The Centre Block (French: Édifice du Centre) is the main building of the Canadian parliamentary complex on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario, containing the House of Commons and Senate chambers, as well as the offices of a number of members of parliament, senators, and senior administration for both legislative houses.
Parliament Hill is a limestone outcrop with a gently sloping top that was originally covered in a primeval forest of beech and hemlock. [1] For hundreds of years, the hill was a landmark on the Ottawa River for First Nations people and later for European traders, adventurers, and industrialists, marking their journeys to the interior of the continent. [1]
The Parliament Hill Rehabilitation is a series of ongoing rehabilitation and preservation projects at the complex on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario. The $3-billion project [ 1 ] aims to preserve and rehabilitate the Parliament of Canada and various buildings within the Parliamentary Precinct.
The East Block as viewed from the observation platform of the Peace Tower. Designed by Thomas Stent and Augustus Laver, [2] the East Block is an asymmetrical structure built in the Victorian High Gothic style, with load bearing masonry walls— being nearly 0.9 m (3 ft) thick at the ground level, expanding to 2.1 m (7 ft) thick at the base of the main tower.
Construction on a visitor centre at a Somerset country park will begin in March after a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant worth £2.153m was secured. The project at Ham Hill Country Park, near ...
The Royal Visit, 1939: Frank Owen Salisbury 1941 Oil on canvas Opening of Parliament in the 19th Century William Harvey Sadd 1901 Oil on canvas Discovery of Canada by Jacques Cartier: Copy by Augustine Leriverend after Ferdinand Perrot (1840) Oil on canvas Major General James Wolfe: Copy by Théophile Hamel: c. 1865 Oil on canvas Louis-Joseph ...
The West Block (officially the Western Departmental Building; [1] French: Édifice administratif de l'ouest) is one of the three buildings on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario. Since 28 January 2019, it has housed the interim House of Commons Chamber, installed to accommodate the House while the Centre Block is closed.