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	Palace of Westminster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Palace of Westminster, known also as the Houses of Parliament, is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) meet to conduct their business.
		The Palace of Westminster was strategically important during the Middle Ages, as it was located on the banks of the River Thames.
		The Palace of Westminster was the monarch's principal residence in the late Mediaeval period.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palace_of_Westminster (4622 words)

	Palace of the Parliament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Palace of the Parliament (Closeup of the lights in front)
		The Palace of the Parliament (Romanian: Palatul Parlamentului) in Bucharest, Romania is, with a floor area of 350,000 m², one of the world's largest buildings.
		This was done to facilitate access to the National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC) opened in 2004 inside the west wing of the Palace of the Parliament, and to the Museum and Park of Totalitarianism and Socialist Realism, also opened in 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palace_of_the_Parliament (688 words)

	The Parliament Building (Old Palace) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Originally it served as a palace of Otho, the first King of Greece after the end of the Turkish occupation, who moved from Nauplion (initial royal seat and temporary capital of the Hellenic State) to Athens in 1834.
		The first Parliament was temporarily housed in a private residence building in Kolokotronis Street while afterwards it moved to the University building and much later, in 1857, to the building of Stadiou Street that houses today the Museum of History and Ethnography.
		It was then remodeled to house the Hellenic Parliament in 1930, by the architect A. Kriezis and finally in 1935 the National Assembly moved in.
	www.culture.gr /2/21/213/21301n/e213an12.html (294 words)

	Learn more about Parliament of the United Kingdom in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland consists of the Queen, an upper house of Parliament called the House of Lords and a lower house called the House of Commons and is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and its overseas territories.
		In the Glorious Revolution of 1688, Parliament deposed the Roman Catholic King James II/VII [1] and his infant heir and gave the throne to his protestant daughter and her husband, William of Orange.
		Parliament excluded all catholic descendants of James II/VII from the throne.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /p/pa/parliament_of_the_united_kingdom.html (2140 words)

	Palace \| Houses of Parliament
		The Palace of Westminster was the principal residence of the kings of England from the middle of the 11th century until 1512.
		This fire destroyed almost all of the Palace except Westminster Hall, the crypt of St Stephen's Chapel, the adjacent cloisters and the Jewel Tower.
		The Palace was one of the monarch's principal homes throughout the later Middle Ages, and for this reason the institutions of Government came to be clustered in the Westminster area.
	www.parliament.uk /works/palace.cfm (1317 words)

	Bucharest - Parliament Palace
		Palace of Parliament is still the tallest building in Bucharest and is the second largest building in the world.
		The biggest palace in the world, having 84m high, a number of unknown storey on underground (anti-atomic) the second biggest building in the world by area (330,000m2) was to be the central element of Ceausescu's Communist Bucharest.
		The Orthodox Cathedral (1655-68), with the later belltower, Patriarch's Palace, and the former Palace of the Chamber of Deputies alongside.
	bucharest.8k.com /parliamentpalace (438 words)

	Palace of Parliament
		The Palace of Parliament, together with the adjoining zones occupies an area of 508,000 square meters (143,31 acres).
		The Palace of Parliament is divided into 21 wings as follows: between ground level and level + 31,50 there are the master executive suites, reception and conference rooms, the Hall of the Chamber of Deputies’ Plenum, the hall of the columns, offices.
		Behind the Palace of Parliament there is a park platform of 286,000 sq.m.
	www.kappa.ro /guv96/parlpal.html (558 words)

	The Royal Residences > Buckingham Palace > History
		Parliament agreed to a budget of £150,000, but the King pressed for £450,000 as a more realistic figure.
		Indeed, when the Houses of Parliament were destroyed by fire in 1834, the King offered the Palace as a new home for Parliament, but the offer was declined.
		The present forecourt of the Palace, where Changing the Guard takes place, was formed in 1911, as part of the Victoria Memorial scheme.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page568.asp (779 words)

	Palace of the Parliament: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Bucharest (population 2.3 million, romanian: bucureti) is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of romania, located in the southeast...
		The european parliament is the parliamentary body of the european union (eu), directly elected by eu citizens once every five years....
		The National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC) opened in 2004 inside the west wing of the Palace of the Parliament.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/palace_of_the_parliament.htm (1352 words)

	Houses of Parliament - history of Whitehall Palace and the Houses of Parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Houses of Parliament – or the Palace of Westminster, as it is also known – has occupied the same spot since at least 1016, when Canute the Great built a royal palace on the site.
		There are two main chambers in the Houses of Parliament: the House of Lords – where the nobles used to sit – and the Commons, where the Prime Minister comes face to face with members of the opposition.
		The Houses of Parliament are high in pomp and pageantry, and every year the Queen attends the State Opening of Parliament in her gold State Coach.
	www.londondrum.co.uk /cityguide/houses-of-parliament.php (1272 words)

	Buckingham Palace
		The new palace exterior was constructed of honey-hued Bath Stone in the Neo-classical French design favored by George III and boasted a marble arch, the centerpiece of the enlarged courtyard that was built to commemorate the British victories at Trafalgar and Waterloo.
		The Palace bosts a 40 acre garden, a movie theater, swimming pool and the Queen's private art collection (opened to the public in 1962.) In addition, the Royal Mews, designed by Nash in 1825, house the state carriages and royal ceremonial apparel.
		The Summer Opening of the Palace from early August to late September is the only time tourists are allowed in the palace to view the State Rooms, resplendent in gilding, fine art, priceless heirlooms, antique furniture and, of course, thrones.
	www.angelfire.com /in/uktravelinfo/buckingham.html (1179 words)

	The Palace of Parliament
		The Palace of Parliament in Bucharest is a prime example.
		It was here, on the first floor of the Palace, that participants of the 94th Interparliamentary Conference gathered in 1995.
		Another hall in the Palace of Parliament is dedicated to Nicolae Iorga, a brilliant Romanian historian.
	www.ici.ro /romania/en/traditii/casapop.html (1365 words)

	The Houses of Parliament
		The Houses of Parliament are officially known as the New Palace of Westminster.
		The walled and moated royal Palace of Westminster was inhabited originally by Edward the Confessor.
		Modern Parliament consists of three governing bodies, the Monarch (who is basically just a ceremonial figurehead,) the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
	www.angelfire.com /in/uktravelinfo/parliament.html (888 words)

	Westminster Palace
		The superbly constructed hammer-beam roof spanning its width of 68 ft. (20.7 m), part of a subsequent rebuilding of the hall by Richard II, was the finest extant example of medieval open-timber work; it was burned by incendiary bombs in 1941.
		Westminster Hall was the only portion of the palace to survive intact from the fire of 1834 and now serves as the entrance of the building.
		Parliament - Parliament, legislative assembly of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0851954.html (293 words)

	Refurbished cafeteria opens in Romanian parliament - Wikinews
		A new, refurbished cafeteria at the Romanian Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest has opened for the use of parliamentarians.
		Members of Parliament said they were not satisfied with the former cafeteria in the Palace, saying that it didn't have proper tables and chairs to sit on.
		Bucharest's Palace of the Parliament (Palatul Parlamentului in Romanian) is the largest building in Europe and the third largest building in the world, with an area of approximately 350,000 m².
	en.wikinews.org /wiki/Refurbished_cafeteria_opens_in_Romanian_parliament (340 words)

	Parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Placed in the historical and geographical center of Bucharest, the Palace of Parliament ranks second in the world, according to its 330.000 sq.m.
		The palace, whose construction started in the Summer of 1984, has 6 registers and 21 bodies comprising master executive suites, reception and conference rooms, the Hall of the Chamber of Deputies’ Plenum, the hall of the columns, offices.
		At present, the Palace is the headquarters of the Romanian Parliament.
	wsis-romania.ro /menu/home/Venue___Travel/Parliament/parliament.html (288 words)

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		Raised between 1984 and 1989 on the Uranus Hill (also called the Arsenal Hill) according to the plans of a group of Romanian architects coordinated by Anca Petrescu, the edifice is rectangularly shaped, its façade having 270 m.
		The offices belong to certain State Institutions and to the Parliament, while the conference halls, luxurious and modernly equipped, represent the ideal place for holding international meetings, concerts and musical festivals.
		It is worth mentioning that the magnificent halls of the Palace of the Parliament housed the Crans Montana International Conference (1994, 1997), the 1995 autumn edition of the George Enescu International Festival, the 94th Conference of the Interparliamentary Union (1995), the Forum of the Businessmen, the Forum for the Black Sea Cooperation (25-28 April 1996),
	www.rotravel.com /romania/sites/tour/new.php (184 words)

	PALACE OF THE PARLIAMENT
		It is the Palace of the Romanian Parliament, a "giant" built during the "golden age" of the dictatorial regime and born in the mind of a man for whom the notion of "reasonable size" did not exist.
		The Palace of Parliament is also open to be visited by groups of tourists, everyday.
		Consequently, talking today about the architectural ensamble of the Palace of Parliament means to bring moral justice to the Romanian people and there are not a few foreigners who already have agreed upon it.
	www.cdep.ro /pls/dic/site.page?id=27 (828 words)

	Budapest Sights / Attractions
		The Royal Palace, which dominates the southern skyline of the Castle District, shares a similar history to that of the Mátyás Templom, namely one of upheaval and reconstruction.
		Considered even at this time to be one of the most beautiful palaces in Europe, the golden era of the palace complex came during the reign of King Matthias (1451-90).
		Less than a century later, the Palace was damaged again, this time during the 1848-49 War of Independence.
	www.talkingcities.co.uk /budapest_pages/sights_alpha7.htm (1060 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| MSP urges move to Queen's palace
		Mr Canavan is lodging a question in the Scottish Parliament on the matter.
		The Falkirk West MSP said: "Holyrood Palace is lying empty for most of the year and, of course, it is right next door to the Parliament building.
		Mr Canavan said the palace would probably be cheaper than The Hub, which is costing £20,000 a week to rent.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/4802926.stm (442 words)

	Parlament de Catalunya - The Parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Parliament is the institution that represents the people of Catalonia, giving it a central position in the institutional system of the self-government of Catalonia.
		The Parliament has a President, a Presiding Board and a Standing Committee, and operates by means of its Plenary Assembly and its committees.
		The Palace of Parliament was formally the arsenal of the Ciutadella or Citadel.
	www.parlament-cat.net /pls/portal/url/page/pcat/IE1 (362 words)

	Mogosoaia Palace - Bucharest
		· Mogosoaia Palace is situated near Bucharest (10 kms) in a splendid park on the shore of Mogosoaia Lake.
		The Palace is an architectural monument having the façade dominated by traditional staircase balconies, and by the arcades and columns with capitals, specific to the "Brancovenesc" (Brancovan) style.
		Palace of Parliament - The biggest palace in the world (Admission $2) - is also hosting now a museum of modern paintings.
	bucharest.8k.com /mogosoaia (295 words)

	Images of the Houses of Parliament, London, by Sir Charles Barry and A. W. N. Pugin.
		Images of the Houses of Parliament, London, by Sir Charles Barry and A. Pugin.
		On October 16, 1834 a raging fire destroyed most of the old Palace of Westminster, leaving only the Great Hall (Westminster Hall), the Law courts to the west, and the cloister of St. Stephen.
		The new Palace Yard with the north facade of Westminster Hall
	www.bluffton.edu /~sullivanm/england/london/parliament/barry.html (644 words)

	Palace of Westminster ("Houses of Parliament")- London, United Kingdom - VirtualTourist.com
		The original palace dating back to the times of Edward The Confessor was burnt down on the 16th of October, 1834, leaving only Westminster Hall and one of the Towers the Jewel Tower remaining.
		The British parliament is the seat of the Government of the United Kingdom.
		The Palace of Westminster consists of the House of Commons (elected) and the House of Lords(not elected- hereditary and nominated).
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Greater_London/London-309228/Things_To_Do-London-Palace_of_Westminster_Houses_of_Parliament-BR-6.html (1193 words)

	The Old Parliament Building (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The building is an architectural jewel in the centre of Athens and one of the most historic buildings of the city.
		Queen Amalia laid its foundation stone in 1858, and it was built according to the plans of Francois Boulanger, which were later modified by the Greek architect Panayotis Kalkos.
		After the transfer of the Parliament to the Old Palace (today's Parliament Building), it was assigned by prime minister Eleftherios Venizelos, to permanently house the National Historical Museum, an institution whose work is interwoven with the historical identity of the building.
	www.culture.gr /2/21/213/21301n/e213an21.html (209 words)

	Westminster Palace and Abbey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Hemming in the palace on all sides were houses for members of court, knights, and burgesses, who, as representatives of local communities or commons.
		Early Parliaments -- The opening ceremony of Parliament took place then, as it does now, in the presence of the monarch but in those days it was held in a richly ornamented hall known as the Painted Chamber.
		After the fire of 1512, the old palace was not rebuilt and Henry VIII had no royal residence in Westminster, until he confiscated York House from Wolsey in 1529.
	www.gregoryferdinandsen.com /LGW2002/Westminster.htm (1259 words)

	Europe Guide
		The lakes mirror the palaces that once belonged to the noblemen, as well as orthodox monasteries built between 16th and 19th century.
		The PALACE OF THE PARLIAMENT is known as "Ceausescu's house", although the communist dictator never resided there.
		The Royal Palace, housing the National Museum, and The Biblioteca (University Library), gutted by subsequent street fighting, had to be completely renovated.
	www.flycheapol.com /europe/romania.asp (1687 words)

	HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Britain's Houses of Parliament also called Westminster Palace, in the London borough of Westminster, is the seat of the legislative body of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
		In 1512 the palace suffered greatly from fire and thereafter ceased to be used as a royal residence.
		Stephen's Chapel, traditionally founded by King Stephen, was used from 1547 for the meetings of the House of Commons, held previously in the chapter house of Westminster Abbey; the Lords used another apartment of the palace.
	www.peterjordanphoto.com /calendar/image2.html (342 words)

	The House of Parliament: history and pictures
		The Houses of Parliament, or Palace of Westminster as it is also known, was originally laid out for Edward the Confessor more than 1,000 years ago.
		The palace was added onto piecemeal, but everything except Westminster Hall was burnt in the great fire of 1834.
		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....
	www.plus44.com /london44/tour/parliament.html (272 words)

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