- The Gothic spires of the Houses of Parliament have almost succeeded in piercing through the fog, but they are still reduced to a vague image that does not...
- The official name of the Houses of Parliament is Palace of Westminster. This is because it was the royal palace before the king moved to Whitehall Palace in 1529.
- See the city's most famous sights including Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament from an unrivaled bird's eye view.
- Standing at the north of the Houses of Parliament is Elizabeth Tower and the great bell, commonly referred to as Big Ben.
- Parliament’s Humble Beginnings. The present-day Parliament is a bicameral (“two chambers”) legislature with a House of Lords and a House of Commons .
- The Palace of Westminster includes over 1,100 rooms. The first room you enter the Houses of Parliament is called the Royal Robing Room.
- This view of the Houses of Parliament in 1904 with the sun coming through fog departed from the Whistlerian silhouette of thirty-three years before to picture...
- After the fire, a competition was organized to create a new building for the two houses of parliament.
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- The Houses of Parliament, otherwise known as the Palace of Westminster, symbolises Great Britain. Its image adorns everything from souvenirs to sauce bottles.