Sites of Parliament
Parliaments in past and present.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Beijing Central Axis | Great Hall of the People: " It is used for legislative and ceremonial activities by the government of the People's Republic of China and the ruling Chinese Communist Party. The People's Great Hall functions as the meeting place for the full sessions of the National People's Congress, the Chinese legislature..." (wiki) | |
| Brasilia | Brasilia National Congress Building designed by Niemeyer. Houses the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Bridgetown | Parliament of Barbados | |
| Budapest | ||
| City of Luxembourg | Hotel de la Chambre des Députés, Luxembourgian Parliament | |
| Edinburgh | Scottish Parliament at Holyrood | |
| Florence | The Salone del Cinquecento at the Palazzo Vecchio served as the first parliament of unified Italy before the capital was moved to Rome | |
| Independence Hall | Congress Hall, part of inscribed WHS Independence Hall was used as the United State Congress from 1790-1800 | |
| Mudejar Architecture of Aragon | Aragon parliament at the Aljaferia in Zaragoza. | |
| Old City of Berne | Federal Palace of Switzerland | |
| Ouro Preto | Parliament House | |
| Paramaribo | ||
| Paris, Banks of the Seine | Palais Bourbon, seat of the French National Assembly | |
| Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro | The Congreso de los diputados meets in the Palacio de las Cortes | |
| Prague | Valdstejn Palace (Czech Senate) and some buildings in the Lesser Town | |
| Québec | Parc Montmorency: was the location of the first and second Parliament buildings of the United Province of Canada between 1852 and 1866 (wiki fr) | |
| Rabat | Parliament building | |
| Regensburg | Regensburg was the regular meeting place of the permanent Imperial Diet (1663-1806) | |
| Residences of the Royal House of Savoy | Carignano Palace Italian Parliament 1861-1864 | |
| Rome | Madama palace (Italian Senate) and Montecitorio palace (Italian Chamber of Deputies) | |
| Royal Exhibition Building | 1st Parliament of Australia 9 May 1901 | |
| San Marino and Mount Titano | Consiglio Grande e Generale, Parliament of San Marino | |
| St. George, Bermuda | The State House (1620) in St. George's was the first purpose-built home of the House of Assembly, which then constituted the only chamber of the Parliament of Bermuda (wiki) | |
| St. Kilda | ||
| The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier | Chandigarh, Palace of Assembly - Legislatures of Punjab and Haryana. | |
| Thingvellir | ||
| Valletta | Grandmaster's Palace in Valletta is Malta Parliament | |
| Vienna | Austrian Parliament | |
| Westminster | ||
| White City of Tel-Aviv | The Independence Hall was the temporery seat of the Israeli parliament until the construction of the current Kneset in Jerusalem was completed. | |
| Willemstad | The Parliament of Curacao meets at Wilhelminaplein 4 in Punda. |
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