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2 giorni fa · The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is located in London, England. It is commonly called the Houses of Parliament after the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two legislative chambers which occupy the building.
- 112,476 m² (1,210,680 sq ft) (internal)
- 1987 (11th session)
- 1016 and later
5 giorni fa · Westminster Abbey, Gothic abbey church in London, England, and the site of royal coronations.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 giorni fa · Buckingham Palace, palace and London residence of the British sovereign. It is situated within the borough of Westminster. The palace takes its name from the house built (c. 1705) for John Sheffield, duke of Buckingham. It was bought in 1762 by George III for his wife, Queen Charlotte, and became.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 giorni fa · The old City of Westminster proper, with its venerable Abbey, and its gloomy and narrow streets, once the residence of peers, courtiers, and poets, constitutes perhaps the most interesting district of the great metropolis."
1 giorno fa · Royal Albert Hall, concert hall in the City of Westminster, London. One of Britain’s principal concert halls and major landmarks, it is located south of the Albert Memorial and north of the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
5 giorni fa · Home. A New History of London Including Westminster and Southwark. Noorthouck's 'New History' falls into two parts. The first is a narrative history of London from the Roman period until the 1770s. The second gives accounts of the present state of the City (organised by ward), and of much of Westminster, Southwark and Lambeth.
4 giorni fa · In the first chapter of this volume we have endeavoured to set before the reader a general outline of the history and boundaries of the City of Westminster, together with some particulars of the foundation of its Abbey.
