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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 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 government also encouraged the building of a Centennial memorial in each of Canada's 10 provinces. [5] The provincial and federal governments matched whatever the municipal government spent on their memorial, thereby encouraging the construction of grand buildings such as the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. [2]
First Ontario Parliament Buildings, Toronto, Upper Canada (1832–1841), United Province of Canada (intermittently 1849–1859), Ontario (1867–1893) Navy Hall, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Upper Canada (1792–1796) Episcopal Palace, Quebec City, Province of Quebec (1777–1791), Lower Canada (1791–1840), United Province of Canada (1850–1853)
The Peace Tower is the centrepiece of the Parliament of Canada as shown here. Parliament of Canada. Peace Tower; Library of Parliament; Ottawa City Hall; Ottawa Courthouse; Supreme Court of Canada; National Library and Archives of Canada; Langevin Block; Cartier Square Drill Hall; East and West Memorial Buildings; Bank of Canada building ...
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The Library of Parliament (French: Bibliothèque du Parlement) is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada. The main branch of the library sits at the rear of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. The library survived the 1916 fire that destroyed Centre Block. The library has been ...
The Government of Canada Visitor Welcome Centre, a built addition to the parliament buildings as one of many ongoing projects on the site, and works to combine Neo-gothic and contemporary architectural styles in a way that blends the new architecture into its historical context. Subsequent decades saw the federal government embrace modernism.