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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.
The Victoria Tower was the prominent main bell tower of the original Centre Block parliament building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The 55-metre-high (180 ft) tower was the centre piece of Parliament Hill that was constructed from 1859 to 1866 by Thomas Fuller. It was destroyed during the great fire of the Centre Block on 3 February 1916. [1]
The Library of Parliament, situated behind Centre Block.All the parliament buildings are designed in a Gothic Revival style. This collection is one of the world's most important examples of the Gothic Revival style; while the buildings' manner and design are unquestionably Gothic, they resemble no building constructed during the Middle Ages.
The first priority as outlined in the Long-Term Vision and Plan is to renovate the core historic Parliament buildings, the triad of the West Block, Centre Block, and East Block. The Centre Block cannot be renovated while it is occupied, its occupants will be relocated and will use the East and West blocks as interim space. [2]
The Peace Tower (French: Tour de la Paix) is a focal bell and clock tower sitting on the central axis of the Centre Block of the Canadian parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario. The present incarnation replaced the 55-metre (180 ft) Victoria Tower , after the latter burned down in 1916 , along with most of the Centre Block; only the Library of ...
Thomas Fuller, original Parliament of Canada Centre Block; Raymond Moriyama, Ottawa City Hall and the Canadian War Museum; W.E. Noffke, Central Post Office, Champagne Bath, Ogilvy's; Moshe Safdie, the National Gallery of Canada and Old City Hall; Thomas Seaton Scott, Cartier Square Drill Hall, Parliament's West Block
The Centre Block, part of the complex of parliamentary buildings on Parliament Hill in Canada's capital, Ottawa, hosts a gallery of portraits of present and former Canadian monarchs, former Prime Ministers of Canada, and other figures.
The only component of the Centre Block of Parliament to survive the 1916 fire; The Rotundas, Marsham Street, a subterranean structure in Marsham Street in London; The Samsad Bhavan, or the federal Parliament of India, in New Delhi; San Jose City Hall rotunda in San Jose, California, an all-glass, postmodern structure; United States Capitol rotunda