The Houses of Parliament
THE HOUSES OF
PARLIAMENT
a.k.a thePalace of Westminster
IN GENERAL...
The last monarch to live there, Henry VIII,
moved out in 1512
Parliament has met in the Palace of
Westminster since around 1550
there has been a royal palace on this site
for nearly 1,000 years
in the 19th Century a fire destroyed most
of the earlier medieval buildings
HISTORY
Was originally laid out for Edward the Confessor more
than 1,000 years ago
in 1066, became the home of William the Conqueror
in 1834, everything except Westminster Hall was burnt
in the great fire
the present building was designed specifically to house
parliament and was laid out in Gothic style by Sir
Charles Barry, completed in the 1840's
THE BUILDING
Nearly 1,200 rooms
100 staircases
over 3 kilometres (two miles) ofcorridors
located next to the River Thames in
London
TOWERS
Includes several towers:
Victoria Tow...
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