Palace of Westminster

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Grade I listed building World Heritage Site palace parliament building seat of legislature

The Palace of Westminster is the historic riverside complex in London that serves as the meeting place and symbolic heart of the United Kingdom’s Houses of Parliament.

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Label Occurrences
Palace of Westminster canonical 278
Houses of Parliament 94
Westminster Hall 24

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Grade I listed building ⓘ
World Heritage Site ⓘ
palace ⓘ
parliament building ⓘ
seat of legislature ⓘ
adjacentTo Westminster Bridge ⓘ
architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin ⓘ
Charles Barry ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival ⓘ
Gothic Revival ⓘ
surface form: Perpendicular Gothic Revival
associatedWith British constitution ⓘ
UK government ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom government
constructionMaterial Anston limestone ⓘ
contains Central Lobby ⓘ
Committee Rooms ⓘ
House of Commons chamber ⓘ
House of Lords chamber ⓘ
Queen’s Robing Room ⓘ
Royal Gallery ⓘ
St Stephen’s Hall ⓘ
Palace of Westminster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Hall
coordinates 51.4995°N 0.1248°W ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
destroyedBy fire of 1834 ⓘ
floorArea approximately 112,000 square metres ⓘ
function ceremonial ⓘ
legislative ⓘ
governedBy Parliamentary Estates Directorate ⓘ
hasClock Great Clock of Westminster ⓘ
hasTower Central Tower ⓘ
Elizabeth Tower ⓘ
Victoria Tower ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
hosts State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
locatedIn City of Westminster ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
locatedOn north bank of the River Thames ⓘ
managedBy British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: UK Parliament
near Parliament Square ⓘ
Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
notableFeature Great Clock of Westminster ⓘ
surface form: Big Ben bell
numberOfCorridors about 3 miles of corridors ⓘ
numberOfRooms over 1,000 ⓘ
numberOfStaircases about 100 ⓘ
officialWebsite https://www.parliament.uk ⓘ
originalFunction royal residence ⓘ
owner Crown Estate ⓘ
postalCode SW1A 0AA ⓘ
predecessorBuilding medieval royal palace of Westminster ⓘ
publicAccess guided tours available ⓘ
reconstructionBegan 1840 ⓘ
reconstructionCompleted 1870 ⓘ
restoration extensive 19th-century reconstruction after 1834 fire ⓘ
securityProvidedBy Metropolitan Police Service ⓘ
surface form: Metropolitan Police Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection
servesAs meeting place of the House of Commons ⓘ
meeting place of the House of Lords ⓘ
seat of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
symbolizes British parliamentary democracy ⓘ
political heart of the United Kingdom ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1987 ⓘ

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Parliament of Great Britain → meetsAt → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Parliament of Great Britain → significantBuilding → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
House of Commons of the United Kingdom → meetsAt → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
House of Commons of the United Kingdom → buildingUsed → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons Chamber
House of Commons of the United Kingdom → residesInBuilding → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Westminster Abbey, London → locatedNear → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
subject surface form: Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey, London → worldHeritageSiteWith → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
subject surface form: Westminster Abbey
London, England → hosts → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
subject surface form: London
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
London, England → hosts → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
subject surface form: London
this entity surface form: Big Ben
London, England → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
subject surface form: London
House of Lords → meetsIn → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Westminster system → namedAfter → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Commons → meetsIn → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Commons → meetsInChamber → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons chamber
Commons → buildingPartOf → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace of Westminster complex
Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit (Parliamentlive.tv) → broadcastsFrom → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Portcullis with chains → associatedWith → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westminster Palace
37th United Kingdom Parliament → location → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Petition of Right 1628 → locationOfEnactment → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
State Opening of Parliament → mainVenue → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
British Parliament → location → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
British Parliament → meetsIn → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Thames → adjacentTo → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
Claude Monet → notableSeries → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
Chief Whip → locatedIn → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Palace of Westminster → contains → Palace of Westminster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westminster Hall
Usher of the Black Rod → residence → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Usher of the Black Rod → workLocation → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Long Parliament 1640 → location → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
subject surface form: Long Parliament
Henry III of England → deathPlace → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Edward I of England → placeOfBirth → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Edward I of England → residence → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Speaker of the House of Commons → residence → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker’s House, Palace of Westminster
Short Parliament 1640 → location → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
subject surface form: Short Parliament
London Eye → nearbyAttraction → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Junior Lords of the Treasury → locatedIn → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Charles Barry → notableWork → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Charles Barry → notableWork → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
Edward III of England → residence → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Scottish representative peers in House of Lords → location → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Spencer Perceval → placeOfDeath → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Palace of Whitehall → precededBy → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons → locatedIn → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
City of Westminster → contains → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
City of Westminster → contains → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
Parliament of England → meetsIn → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Lord Speaker → residence → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker’s House, Palace of Westminster
Lord Speaker → seat → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
10 Downing Street → locatedNear → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
Leader of the House of Commons → worksIn → Palace of Westminster ⓘ