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3 days ago · 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.
3 days ago · It will be seen from these remarks that it has been often said the Westminster proper—that trian gular slip of the metropolis which lies between the Thames, St. James's Park, and the Vauxhall Bridge Road—can boast at once of some of the noblest and the meanest structures to be found throughout London; the grand old Abbey contrasting with ...
4 days ago · Situated on the grounds of a former Benedictine monastery, it was refounded as the Collegiate Church of St. Peter in Westminster by Queen Elizabeth I in 1560. In 1987 Westminster Abbey, St. Margaret’s Church, and the Houses of Parliament were collectively designated a UNESCO World Heritage site.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · A ceiling by Rubens and the site of masques, healings and a royal execution, Banqueting House reveals its secrets on a guided tour. The Former Palace of Whitehall I have to say, Whitehall is one of those street names I haven’t given much thought to, despite place names in London so often referring back to their origins. And such it is in this ...
5 days ago · In 1840, Dr. H. H. Milman, afterwards Dean of St. Paul's, laid in this street the first stone of the City of Westminster Literary, Scientific, and Mechanics' Institution. The building comprised a spacious lecture-room, reading-rooms, class-rooms for drawing and music, a museum, and a library.
5 days ago · York Place Survey of London: Volume 13, St Margaret, Westminster, Part II: Whitehall I. Originally published by London County Council, London, 1930.
3 days ago · The palace, together with Westminster Hall and Elizabeth Tower—home to Big Ben—are among the most popular historical attractions tourists elect to visit during their stay in the capital.
