The Palace of Westminster

The Houses of Parliament - the Palace of Westminster

History

built in 1016

Location

Fire in 1806

Edward the Confessor

City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom

XVIth c.

parliament

Interior

house of Lords

house of Commons

*the Palace of Westminster theoretically still belongs the queen

Reconstruction

Westminster hall

British Parliament:

the oldest room of the Palace of Westminster

• the House of Commons
• the House of Lords

• architect- sir Charles Barry
• 1870
• the greatest accomplishment of English neo-Gothic
• 1100 rooms
• 5km of corridors
• 100 staircases
• characteristic honey color

Bonfire night- Guy Fawkes

"heart of British politics"

• 1605
• 13 men
• plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament
• queen Elizabeth I ----king James I
• 5th November
• Guy Fawkes was caught, tortured and executed

the ceiling is from XIVth c.

complicated design

Furniture

Bonfire night

designed by August Pugin