Parliament Buildings

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parliamentary building complex seat of legislature

The Parliament Buildings are the iconic Gothic Revival complex in Ottawa that houses Canada’s federal legislature and serves as a national symbol of Canadian democracy.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Parliament Buildings canonical	6
Parliament Buildings (Canada)	1
Parliament Buildings clock tower	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary building complex ⓘ seat of legislature ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Gothic Revival ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1859 ⓘ
contains	Cabinet meeting rooms ⓘ Hall of Honour ⓘ Memorial Chamber ⓘ Parliamentary Library ⓘ surface form: Parliamentary Library reading room Prime Minister’s Office (within Centre Block historically) ⓘ House of Commons chamber ⓘ surface form: chamber of the House of Commons chamber of the Senate ⓘ committee rooms ⓘ offices of Members of Parliament ⓘ offices of Senators ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
designatedAs	National Historic Site of Canada ⓘ
features	Centre Block lawn ⓘ copper roofs ⓘ gargoyles and grotesques ⓘ stone carvings ⓘ
hasPart	Centre Block (historical) ⓘ surface form: Centre Block Confederation Building (East Block) ⓘ surface form: Confederation Building East Block ⓘ Main Justice Building ⓘ surface form: Justice Building Library of Parliament ⓘ Parliament Hill ⓘ surface form: Peace Tower Senate of Canada Building ⓘ surface form: Sir John A. Macdonald Building Valour Building ⓘ Wellington Building ⓘ West Block ⓘ West Block courtyard chamber ⓘ
heightOfMainTower	92.2 metres ⓘ
houses	House of Commons of Canada ⓘ Senate of Canada ⓘ
inaugurationDate	1866 ⓘ
locatedIn	Ontario ⓘ Ottawa ⓘ Parliament Hill ⓘ
mainClockTower	Parliament Hill ⓘ surface form: Peace Tower
maintainedBy	Public Services and Procurement Canada ⓘ
overlooks	Ottawa River ⓘ
ownedBy	Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ surface form: Government of Canada
partOf	National Historic Site of Canada (Parliament Hill precinct) ⓘ surface form: Parliament Hill National Historic Site of Canada
rebuiltAfter	Parliament Hill fire of 1916 ⓘ surface form: Great Fire of 1916
servesAs	seat of the Parliament of Canada ⓘ
symbolOf	Canada ⓘ Canadian democracy ⓘ
usedFor	federal legislative sessions ⓘ national commemorations ⓘ state ceremonies ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Commons of Canada → buildingComplex → Parliament Buildings ⓘ

Shaw Centre → hasViewOf → Parliament Buildings ⓘ

Supreme Court of Canada Building → nearbyLandmark → Parliament Buildings ⓘ

Parliament of Barbados → symbol → Parliament Buildings ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament Buildings clock tower

Hall of Honour → partOf → Parliament Buildings ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament Buildings (Canada)

East Block → partOf → Parliament Buildings ⓘ

statue of William Lyon Mackenzie King → situatedNear → Parliament Buildings ⓘ

Confederation Square → hasView → Parliament Buildings ⓘ