houses of parliament facts Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/houses-of-parliament-facts Sun, 13 Nov 2016 17:39:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT WESTMINSTER http://travelsfinders.com/the-houses-of-parliament-westminster.html http://travelsfinders.com/the-houses-of-parliament-westminster.html#respond Tue, 15 Nov 2016 02:24:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=225602 THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT WESTMINSTER The Palace of Westminster, as the building in which Parliament sits is officially known, has been at the heart of English governance since the 11th century, when Edward the Confessor established his court here. William the Conqueror found the site to his liking, and under the Normans the palace was greatly extended. Westminster Hall aside, little of the Norman palace remained after the massive fire of October 16, 1834; the rebuilding started in 1835 under the joint command of Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin. THE STRONG SILENT TYPE After 18 years of stony silence. Simon

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